Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain a more comprehensive medical opinion regarding its etiology, specifically addressing delayed onset hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The previous VA examination was deemed inadequate as it did not address delayed onset hearing loss and provided insufficient rationale for its conclusions.
- 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
- A25103622
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