Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, including whether it is related to in-service noise exposure or caused/aggravated by service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The January 2023 medical opinion was found inadequate due to lack of elaboration on certain points and failure to consider lay statements about symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016254
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