Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The November 2020 VA examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's activities and assigned duties during service, including his conceded in-service noise exposure.
- 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
- A25020511
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