Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and adjustment disorder, but denied service connection for mesothelioma.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's hearing loss is causally related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence to support higher ratings or a link between his claimed conditions and military service.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection of an ear or skin condition manifesting with cysts under the Veteran's ear.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral visual discomfort, bilateral dry eye syndrome, and bilateral chronic allergic conjunctivitis but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a fatigue disorder. The claims for increased ratings were also denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant due to a lack of evidence showing that any service-connected disabilities result in loss of use of lower extremities or other qualifying conditions.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and remanded the claim for left hip condition.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and a 20 percent rating for fibromyalgia, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss and initial ratings for essential tremor of the right and left hands, as well as chronic fatigue syndrome. The appeal for dermatosis was dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher (compensable) disability rating for bilateral hearing loss, as the evidence did not support a compensable rating.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for PTSD and anxiety, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for service connection for hearing loss, eczema, and foot pain as the appeal was not timely filed.

The Board denied service connection for right ear and left ear hearing loss, chronic bronchitis, and increased ratings for left knee instability, limitation of flexion, and limitation of extension. The only granted issue was a 20 percent rating for left knee limitation of flexion.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an ear condition, claimed as ear infection, due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities meeting VA criteria.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not show a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and tinea pedis, granted a 10 percent disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and remanded claims for service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, bilateral metatarsalgia foot pain, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for left foot pes planus, an earlier effective date for service connection of pes planus, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating effective September 6, 2021, due to symptoms more nearly approximating total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, low back condition, COPD, brain condition, diabetes mellitus type II, GERD, heart condition, and hypertension, to obtain additional evidence.