Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to her service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected left renal calculi and chronic kidney disease, scar, status post-excision left brachial cleft cyst, transient motion sickness, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for PTSD from August 4, 2021, and denied increased ratings or service connection for corneal scarring of the right eye, left ear hearing loss, and right ear hearing loss.

The Veteran withdrew all pending claims and appeals, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and migraines, but denied service connection for hearing loss. The issue of entitlement to service connection for anxiety as secondary to tinnitus is remanded.

The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the VA Form 10182 for some issues and a prohibited concurrent election.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right shoulder condition as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss in the right ear and tinnitus, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and the evidence did not support a nexus between the Veteran's active duty service and the onset of his left ear hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and MDD have rendered him unemployable, effective March 9, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil and bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and dismissed the appeals related to proposed reductions in ratings for radiculopathy and varicose veins of both lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding a relationship to noise exposure during the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, cervical strain (claimed as cervicothoracic spine pain), and a right forearm scar. The claims for posttraumatic residual pain and dysfunction of the knees, an acquired psychiatric disorder, traumatic brain injury, and chronic headaches were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae, a bilateral hearing loss disability, and pes planus of both feet. The lumbar spine claim was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), a left hand disability, and a left ankle disability based on new and relevant evidence received.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome and bilateral hearing loss to obtain additional evidence, including a medical nexus opinion related to the Veteran's presumed exposure to contaminants at Camp Lejeune.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied entitlement to an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension, as well as a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and a higher disability evaluation for MDS, as well as remanded service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to schedule a VA audiology examination due to an inadequate March 2025 examination report.