Citation Nr: 21022978 Decision Date: 04/19/21 Archive Date: 04/19/21 DOCKET NO. 17-20 759 DATE: April 19, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Board has twice remanded this case to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) for additional development. See 08/25/2020, 02/01/2019 BVA Decisions. On further review, the Board finds that remand is again indicated to ensure full compliance with the remand directives. See Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268 (1998). Entitlement to service connection is remanded. In the 2020 remand, the Board asked that an audiologist read and interpret a raw audiogram dated in September 1962. The AOJ referred the file to an audiologist as directed, and an audiologist opined on what the audiogram showed but did not set forth the actual threshold levels as depicted on the audiogram. See 03/04/2021 CAPRI. Setting forth the actual threshold levels is needed to assist the Board in providing full reasons and bases for a decision. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: Send the claims file to the audiologist who provided the February 2021 review and opinion. Ask the audiologist to provide an addendum wherein the actual threshold levels as depicted on the September 1962 audiogram (01/25/1993 STR-Medical, P. 10) are set forth. The audiologist is asked to note whether the threshold levels shown on the September 1962 audiogram are in ASA or ISO-ANSI standards. If the former, please show the conversion to ISO-ANSI standards. Then, the audiologist is asked to explain whether the result changes in any way the opinion he rendered in February 2021 and the reasons why or why not. The addendum should also include a cite to the specific record from whence the audiologist noted the Veteran worked 16 years on a job that entailed the use of a jack hammer. If the audiologist who provided the February 2021 review and opinion is no longer available, refer the claims file to an equally qualified audiologist. ERIC S. LEBOFF Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board W. T. Snyder 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.