Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hysterectomy and residual symptoms, bilateral elbow disorders, bilateral shoulder disorders, and bilateral knee disorders due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the examiners were inadequate as they relied principally on a lack of symptoms and/or treatment documented in the service treatment or medical records and failed to address the Veteran's lay statements and records of disabilities provided by the Social Security Administration.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Hysterectomy and residual symptoms, Left elbow disorder, Right elbow disorder, Left shoulder disorder, Right shoulder disorder, Left knee disorder, Right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021073
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