Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a thyroid disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding records and scheduling additional VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to incomplete medical evidence and unfulfilled duty to assist obligations regarding both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Thyroid disability (hypothyroidism)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101564
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