Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for DDD and IVDS, acquired psychiatric disorder (MDD), diabetes mellitus type II, and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities secondary to diabetes. The Board also denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss from April 29, 2014 to December 4, 2024, but granted a TDIU effective August 10, 2022.

The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss, finding the evidence to be at least evenly balanced as to whether it is related to service.

The Board remands the claims for a right ear hearing loss disability and a left ear hearing loss disability for further development, including obtaining additional VA examination opinions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are as likely as not of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and a TDIU, while denying service connection for a low back condition and certain ratings for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, effective January 25, 2018, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability and no nexus to service. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder with sleep disturbances, including PTSD, unspecified anxiety disorder, and persistent depressive disorder, was remanded for further development.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant and no eligible person has been identified for substitution.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims. The claim for service connection for fungus of the feet was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The claim for Graves' disease was remanded.

The Board denied increased ratings for peptic ulcer disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, as well as service connection for a dental condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, all of which were claimed to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected peptic ulcer disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as new and relevant evidence was not submitted.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, denied increased ratings for tinnitus and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, denied service connection for a left big toe disability, but granted service connection for kidney disease.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that June 22, 2023 is the earliest date assignable by law.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and remanded claims for multiple other disabilities, including left and right ankle, CTS, IBS, knee, shoulder, sleep apnea, and back conditions.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected right knee strain and remanded claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and plantar fasciitis.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 7, 2023, for the grant of a 20 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss and also denied a higher rating from that date.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability for VA compensation purposes.