Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral hearing loss disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing both direct service connection and toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) theories.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA direct service connection opinion was inadequate, and the May 2024 TERA opinion was insufficient due to their inadequacies in addressing the evidence provided.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088516
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