Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA medical opinion is considered inadequate as it did not consider and address the Veteran's specific lay statements regarding military noise exposure during service, and provided a rationale based on an inaccurate factual premise.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012176
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