Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination and to obtain additional audiometric findings due to conflicting evidence from private and VA audiological examinations.
The deciding factor: The conflicting speech recognition scores between two audiological examinations taken only three months apart necessitate further clarification.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020086
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