Hearing loss decisions — 2000

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current disabilities related to his service for bilateral hearing loss and residuals of a burn to the left hand, thus denying both claims.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including VA examinations and readjudication of the claims under the appropriate criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, an increased rating for PTSD, and an increased rating for lumbosacral strain with psychophysiological musculoskeletal reaction.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss is not well grounded and therefore denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to an increased rating for periostitis, finding that the evidence does not support a higher evaluation.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's unemployability by reason of his service-connected disabilities. Additional medical examinations and records are needed.

The Board has determined that the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is well grounded. The veteran's current sensorineural bilateral hearing loss is related to his military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and sinusitis, finding that new evidence submitted since the last denial is not sufficient to reopen the claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is well-grounded, and thus VA must assist in developing facts pertinent to his claim. The RO should schedule a VA audiological evaluation to determine if the veteran's hearing loss disability is related to noise exposure during service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions are not well-grounded and have therefore been denied.

The Board has denied all claims for increased evaluations, finding that the veteran's conditions do not warrant higher ratings based on current evidence of record.

The Board has determined that the veteran incurred hearing loss during active duty service and finds it plausible that noise exposure in service contributed to his current hearing condition. However, there is no competent medical evidence linking tinnitus to service.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded, and thus denied them. The reasons included a lack of medical evidence supporting diagnoses or links to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for multiple conditions, including a fracture of the right great toe, a disorder of the right leg and ankle, arthritis of the hands and feet, hearing loss, and tinnitus, are not well-grounded.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for bilateral hearing loss is denied. The RO has already granted a 10% rating effective May 14, 1993 and then a 30% rating effective May 13, 2000.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss, finding that his current condition did not meet the criteria for a disability and was not related to service.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss as there was no medical evidence linking his current hearing impairment to his military service.

The Board dismissed the motion to revise or reverse the June 1997 decision denying an effective date prior to October 23, 1992 for a 20% rating for bilateral hearing loss due to lack of jurisdiction.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and a VA examination. The issues of service connection for peripheral neuropathy, including as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange, and an increased evaluation for bilateral hearing loss are on appeal.

The veteran's claims for service connection for right knee disorder, left ankle disorder, varicose veins, and bilateral hearing loss are not well grounded as there is no medical evidence of current disabilities.