Citation Nr: 18144165
Decision Date: 10/25/18	Archive Date: 10/23/18

DOCKET NO. 13-21 175
DATE:	October 25, 2018
REMAND
1. The issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded.
2. The issue of service connection for tinnitus is remanded.

REASONS FOR REMAND
1.	Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss
2.	Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus
In April 2018, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims remanded this matter to enforce the terms of a joint motion for remand (“JMR”) filed by the parties. Under the JMR, VA must resend a December 2016 letter to the Veteran, requesting that he complete VA Forms 21-4142 and 21-4142a, authorizing medical care providers to release relevant records. 
The agency of original jurisdiction will comply with the court’s directives. Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268 (1998) (holding that a remand by the Court or the Board confers on the veteran or other claimant, as a matter of law, the right to compliance with the remand orders). Other mandatory directives are stated below.
These matters are REMANDED for the following actions:
1.	Advise the Veteran that he may submit any further lay and/or medical evidence and argument regarding the claims. PROVIDE THE VETERAN WITH VA Forms 21-4142 and 21-4142a TO 15810 67th Street, CT. E., Sumner, Washington 98390, and secure any additional records reported by the Veteran to be in existence. 
IN PARTICULAR, advise the Veteran to authorize the release of ALL TREATMENT RECORDS DATED AFTER JUNE 2010.
2.	If warranted, conduct any further medical examinations.
After completion of the above, readjudicate the claims. Issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case if any of the benefits are not granted and return the matter to the Board. 
 

Vito A. Clementi
Veterans Law Judge 
Board of Veterans’ Appeals

ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	T. T. Emmart, Associate Counsel