The Board remands the claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to unaddressed private medical records and potential additional service-connected conditions related to the Veteran's hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042884
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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