Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for a new examination to address the Veteran's statement that his hearing loss began in service and to determine if inservice acoustic trauma was at least as likely to have caused the Veteran's current hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The reasoning is based on the need for additional evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hearing loss, specifically whether it is related to inservice noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096542
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