Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability and bilateral hearing loss due to deficiencies in the VA's duty to assist, including incomplete service treatment records and lack of audiometric testing results.
The deciding factor: The September 2022 VA examiner's opinion is found to be inadequate for several reasons, and there are pre-decisional errors in fulfilling VA's duty to assist which must be corrected on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018385
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