Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The January 2025 medical opinion is inadequate as it relies on a lack of in-service complaints of hearing loss, and an addendum opinion is needed to address this inadequacy.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104313
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