Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the severity of the Veteran's hearing acuity as measured by audiometric testing.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss for additional development, as the August 2024 VA examiner did not address whether delayed-onset hearing loss could be related to military service even if it did not manifest during service.

The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including obtaining outstanding records and scheduling a medical examination to address the etiology of dizziness/vertigo.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the statutory housebound rate, effective May 22, 2023.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for hearing loss and hypertension, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating.

The appeal for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and prostate cancer residuals was denied, while the service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was remanded. The proposed reduction of the disability rating for surgical scars is dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to insufficient evidence of compensable limitation of motion or a disability diagnosis.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, right ear; an initial rating in excess of a noncompensable rating for hearing loss, left ear; and service connection for pain and dysfunction of the right knee, right sciatic radicular pain and parasthesia of the right leg, left sciatic radicular pain and parasthesia of the left leg. The claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied increased ratings for a back condition, bilateral hearing loss (BHL), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and granted a 20 percent rating for the left ankle disability, while denying all other claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a need for updated service personnel records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded a claim for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a need for updated service personnel records.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and increased ratings for right shoulder tendonitis and right wrist tendonitis has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a need for updated service personnel records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a need for updated service personnel records.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including gastrointestinal disability, GERD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, left and right knee strains, hypertension, and chronic sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied the request to reverse or revise a January 2018 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), and remanded the claim for left ear hearing loss.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to pre-decisional errors in the duty to assist, including missing service treatment records and inadequate medical opinions.