Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus due to duty to assist errors, including a lack of adequate rationale in the May 2021 medical opinion and failure to provide notice regarding the right to a hearing on a supplemental claim.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to obtain an adequate medical opinion considering conceded in-service noise exposure and to provide the Veteran with proper notice regarding his right to a hearing on a supplemental claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106259
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