Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Board found that a medical opinion on whether these conditions were caused or aggravated by service-connected hepatitis C was missing.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that a remand is necessary to correct an error in VA's duty to satisfy a regulatory or statutory duty, specifically the lack of a medical opinion regarding secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003515
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