Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining a December 2020 VA audiogram and an opinion on the relationship between the appellant's hearing loss and his toxic exposure risk activity during active service.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to missing evidence and to obtain a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the appellant's hearing loss and his toxic exposure risk activity during active service, as required by the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103486
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