Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The November 2020 examination was found to be inadequate as it relied on inaccurate measurements of hearing acuity and did not consider all relevant evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110623
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