Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance prior to July 3, 2019, as they are inextricably intertwined with an extraschedular TDIU claim.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to the AOJ for an etiology opinion that considers new evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability and remanded the claims for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, denied earlier effective dates for the evaluation of right ankle and peripheral vestibular disorders, and denied increased ratings for right ankle and peripheral vestibular disorders as well as a compensable rating for right ear drum perforation.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's hearing loss is etiologically related to noise exposure in service.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for respiratory disease and bilateral hearing loss due to a need for additional evidence, including a TERA memo and VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to May 5, 2009.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for a back disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the 100 percent disability rating for PTSD prior to February 1, 2023, and remanded several service connection claims.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed because the Veteran did not opt into the AMA system and the legacy appeal remains pending.

The Board granted service connection for a back disorder, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a back scar. The claims for hearing loss, headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and restless leg syndrome (RLS) were denied.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability related to the Veteran's service.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, lumbar strain, left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, post traumatic residual pain dysfunction of the right wrist, right wrist surgical scars, bilateral tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss. The character of discharge was also found not to bar VA benefits.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, tension headaches, and a separate 10 percent rating for RIGHT knee instability, effective October 19, 2018. The increased rating claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss but granted a 10 percent rating for a surgical scar of the left ear.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection.

The Board denied service connection for neck pain, lower back pain, and hearing loss due to the lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis or in-service incurrence.

The veteran's appeal was denied as it was not timely filed, and good cause for an extension of time to file the appeal has not been shown.