Hearing loss decisions — 2019

The Veteran's PTSD was granted service connection and rated at 50 percent. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus were also granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hearing loss is not attributable to service and denied his claim for service connection. The RO remanded the claims for increased initial ratings for right-knee and left-knee conditions due to insufficient evidence in the January 2014 VA examination.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted. The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise on whether these conditions are related to service, with some doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral tinnitus and hearing loss is granted. The case is remanded to obtain a VA examination for the issue of bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding their etiology.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss did not have its clinical onset in service and is not otherwise related to active duty. The VA examiner concluded that the current hearing loss is less likely as not due to or a result of his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for frostbite residuals of the feet, bilateral leg shin splints, alopecia, and tinnitus have been reopened.,Service connection has been granted for alopecia.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted as they are found to be related to his noise exposure during military service.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination.

The Board has found that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II is not service-connected due to lack of evidence of herbicide exposure. The bilateral hearing loss and degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis are remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus due to lack of evidence showing in-service injury or disease, continuity of symptomatology, or etiology. The Veteran's conditions are not considered presumptively related to military service.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran's substantive appeal regarding his increased ratings and service connection claims for ankle sprains, hearing loss, knee disability, foot disability, and anxiety disorder was not timely filed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of April 3, 2012. The Board granted his claim for TDIU effective from April 2, 2013.

The Board has granted service connection for hearing loss in the right ear, finding that there is at least a 50% likelihood that it was incurred during service due to exposure to noise.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was not incurred during service or presumed to have been incurred therein. The Board found no evidence of continuous symptoms since service and denied the claim.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for service connection for various conditions was granted. An initial disability rating of 50 percent for migraines is granted, while a higher rating for major depressive disorder is denied.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss disability.

The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is denied as he does not have a current disability.,Service connection for bilateral tinnitus is granted, with the exception that the Board finds it in equipoise whether the condition is related to military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to lack of evidence showing a nexus between current hearing loss and military noise exposure. The claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD and other specified and trauma-related disorder, was also denied as the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD in accordance with DSM-IV or DSM-5.