Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral hearing loss disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate due to not fully considering the Veteran's contentions and the fact that normal hearing in service does not preclude service connection if there is sufficient evidence of a relationship between service and current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103810
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