Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain additional evidence.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary due to a failure to ensure the duty to assist was satisfied, specifically regarding an occupational hearing test in the 1990s and verifying the Veteran's Reserve service status in May 1977.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108826
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