Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service acoustic trauma and a rocket blast injury.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions from August 2020 and April 2021 were found inadequate due to reliance on a lack of contemporaneous medical records, which is not sufficient to render a negative nexus opinion or preclude service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss
- 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
- A25110759
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