Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to inadequate examination opinions. Further development is necessary.
The deciding factor: The Board found pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in the VA examination opinion, requiring a remand for an adequate examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25004485
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