Hearing loss decisions — 2009

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, as there was no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The appeal is remanded to schedule the Veteran for a VA examination to reassess the severity of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.

The Board found that a left ear hearing loss was not incurred as a result of any established event, injury, or disease during active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the medical opinion indicated that his hearing loss was not due to military noise exposure.

The appeal was denied as new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, to include as secondary to service-connected paralysis of the 7th cranial nerve, was not received. Additionally, compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for an additional eye disability were found without legal merit.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, dementia, hypertension, headaches, and a bilateral foot disorder. However, the claim for service connection for PTSD was granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the right knee and bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence to support a direct link between these conditions and his military service.

The appeal is remanded for the Veteran to be scheduled for a personal hearing.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss was not found to warrant a compensable rating since the effective date of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his in-service noise exposure and current hearing loss.

The Board granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for hearing loss in the right ear, but denied service connection for a low back disorder and diffuse large cell, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The appeal is remanded for further development of the evidence, including obtaining a new medical opinion to determine the etiology of the veteran's low back and knee conditions as well as his hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and a higher than 30 percent rating for chronic anxiety.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, left and right knee disorders, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a chronic disability in service or continuity of relevant symptomatology.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, acid reflux disease, sinusitis with chronic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, occipital neuralgia, and tinnitus were denied. However, the claim for chronic headaches was granted.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and to provide the Veteran with proper notice of the laws and regulations governing his claims.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, headaches, a neck disability, a left knee disability, and a right knee disability as there was no evidence of current disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no competent evidence showing a nexus between the in-service noise exposure and any current hearing loss disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to afford the Veteran a VA examination.

The veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and an increased rating for the residuals of a nasal fracture were withdrawn, while his claim for an increased rating for scar residuals was granted at 50 percent.