Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for low back injury, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to allow for further development of evidence.
The deciding factor: New and relevant evidence has been received since the August 2013 rating decision that warrants readjudication of the Veteran's claims on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back injury, Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109474
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