Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for the Agency of Original Jurisdiction to obtain additional VA audiology records and readjudicate the claim.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not substantially comply with the Board's previous remand instructions, specifically regarding obtaining relevant VA audiogram results from various systems.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25014823
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