Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by verifying the Veteran's ADT and IDT status during Reserve service from 2015 to 2016, and confirming all service treatment records (STRs) are obtained.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a lack of verification of the Veteran's periods of Active Duty for Training (ADT) and Inactive Duty for Training (IDT) during Reserve service from 2015 to 2016, as well as incomplete STRs from that period.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019694
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