Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development to obtain complete service treatment records, specifically including the second page of the September 1971 separation examination.
The deciding factor: The failure to obtain outstanding service records is a pre-decisional duty to assist omission that requires correction on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102988
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