Citation Nr: 21071661 Decision Date: 12/01/21 Archive Date: 12/01/21 DOCKET NO. 18-19 096 DATE: December 1, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from December 1996 to August 1999. This matter came before the Board of Veterans Appeals (Board) on appeal from a September 2016 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO). The Veteran testified before the undersigned Veteran's Law Judge during a July 2020 hearing. The transcript of the hearing is of record. August 2020 and July 2021 Board decisions remanded the issues on appeal for further development. An August 2021 rating decision granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and a headache disability. As this constituted a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal for those issues, they are not before the Board. Entitlement to service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability The AOJ last adjudicated the issue of service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability in an August 2021 Supplement Statement of the Case (SSOC). Since that time, additional VA treatment records have been added to the claim file. A waiver of AOJ review was not submitted for those records. Accordingly, remand is necessary for the AOJ to consider the new evidence of record and issue an SSOC. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: The AOJ should review the record and readjudicate the issue on appeal. If it remains denied, the case should be returned to the Board after compliance with appellate procedures, including issuance of an SSOC. E. I. VELEZ Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans' Appeals Attorney for the Board A. Arnold The Board's decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.