Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's condition.
The deciding factor: The June 2024 VA examiner's opinion is inadequate as it did not address the possibility of delayed onset hearing loss, which may support a theory of service connection involving noise exposure during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107358
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