The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to an inadequate VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion provided is found inadequate, as it primarily relied on the absence of a significant threshold shift between enlistment and separation from service and normal hearing during service, without addressing the proper inquiry into whether the Veteran's current hearing loss is related to any in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090860
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