Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA examiner's opinions are found to be inadequate due to their failure to adequately consider the Veteran's report of tinnitus since service, and the March 2023 TERA opinion is also deemed inadequate as it relied on an inadequate February 2023 TERA opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104389
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