The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus due to a duty to assist error regarding verification of the Veteran's National Guard service and an addendum medical opinion.
The deciding factor: A duty to assist error has occurred as the AOJ has not verified the dates of the Veteran's reported service in the Army National Guard or obtained any personnel or medical records from that period, which may have occurred during a period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA).
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008641
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