Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion provided in the June 2021 VA examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion was found to be inadequate because it did not provide sufficient supporting rationale regarding why the in-service audiograms did not demonstrate a significant threshold shift beyond normal measurement variability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099471
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