Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a neurocognitive disorder, secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss and/or tinnitus, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to obtain an adequate medical opinion to determine whether the Veteran has a current neurocognitive disorder that is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087669
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