Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran will undergo a new VA examination, and the case will be referred for extraschedular consideration.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred because a contemporaneous VA examination was not obtained despite evidence of worsening symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25001705
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