Hearing loss decisions — 2019

The Veteran's tinnitus has been granted service connection. The Board finds the issues of cervical and thoracolumbar spine disabilities, hearing loss, right leg chondromalacia, left leg chondromalacia, and hypertension are remanded for further development.

The Board has granted the reopening of a claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Veteran's noise exposure during service is considered to have caused his current hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of the current assigned ratings.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking any disability to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination and a need for a valid full audiometric examination.

The Veteran's right ear hearing loss disability is not currently service-connected due to lack of audiometric thresholds meeting VA criteria. The Board finds a need for a new VA examination to determine the current nature and extent of any right ear hearing loss found on examination.

The Board has granted service connection for left ear hearing loss but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for bilateral hearing loss, anxiety disorder, and hypertension. The heart condition (claimed as ischemic heart disease) is granted with service connection based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss is related to his in-service acoustic trauma and grants service connection for this condition.

The appeals seeking service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for left ear hearing loss is dismissed.,Service connection for bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and prostatic hypertrophy with urinary obstruction, lower urinary tract disorder with elevated PSA, and erectile dysfunction secondary to prostate cancer are denied.,These claims are being remanded for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that these conditions are etiologically related to noise exposure during active military service.

The Board denied service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, and bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptoms.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to April 3, 2019, and a rating in excess of 20 percent since that date has been denied.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as his claim of secondary service connection for sinusitis. The claims are being remanded to obtain a VA examination and opinion regarding these issues.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, hypertension, and psychiatric disability have been granted service connection. The effective date for the grant of a 30 percent rating for CAD is set at March 20, 2018.

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is denied as there is no current disability under the criteria established by VA.,The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as it was incurred in service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for tinea versicolor, malaria, and left ear hearing loss were granted. The right ear hearing loss claim resulted in a non-compensable rating being increased to 20 percent effective from August 15, 2017.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss is denied as his hearing impairment does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.