Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to schedule a new VA audiology examination to reassess the current severity of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability.
The deciding factor: The AOJ denied an increased rating without first arranging a new examination, which is a pre-decisional duty to assist error under the AMA appeal procedures.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015375
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