Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, and vertigo due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to verify in-service stressors and obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of any hearing disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bilateral hearing loss, Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103948
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