Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 and June 2025 VA opinions are found to be inadequate as they do not address contradictory statements in a relevant IOM report.
- Claimed conditions
- 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 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110741
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