Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain additional evidence, specifically the Veteran's reserve records.
The deciding factor: There are no adequate or persuasive etiological opinions of record as neither examiner evaluated the Veteran's reserve records, nor considered his period of ADT in forming an opinion.
- 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 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110173
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