The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine the severity of the Veteran's auditory processing disorder and whether it is most analogous to a hearing loss, mental disability, or a physical disability.
The deciding factor: Remand is warranted due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and lack of consensus in determining the severity of the Veteran's auditory processing disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- auditory processing disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088609
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 964 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an auditory processing disorder as the evidence did not show a current disability separate from already service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for apraxia and visual spatial deficit secondary to TBI were granted. The claim for auditory processing disorder was denied. An initial 70% rating for TBI was granted, but the claim for a compensable rating for headaches was denied.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the case.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and auditory processing disorder. The case is now pending further development.
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