Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an effective date earlier than March 14, 2025 for a 10 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for an effective date earlier than March 14, 2025 for a 100 percent rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's BHL met the criteria for a 10 percent rating until March 14, 2025. Remand is necessary to obtain private treatment records and an adequate medical examination for AHD.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss (BHL), Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease (AHD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092021
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