Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a need for an additional medical opinion.
The deciding factor: An additional VA medical opinion was needed as the previous examiner did not address whether any delayed-onset hearing loss and tinnitus could be related to noise exposure in service even if they did not manifest therein.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108872
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