Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, arthritis, a left ankle condition, and right hip replacement to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, chronic cervical spine pain, chronic thoracic spine pain, and traumatic brain injury.

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

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims.

The Board denied a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss and remanded service connection for a skin disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, based on new evidence that was submitted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss, finding that there was no current disability as defined by VA regulations. The claims for increased ratings for PTSD and knee strains were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss and right shoulder degenerative arthritis. The claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU was also denied.

The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, while the claims for bilateral hearing loss, bell's palsy, an acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus type II, a right knee disorder, and a right hip disorder were either denied or remanded.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a TDIU was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for various conditions, including chronic thoracolumbar strain, radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, traumatic brain injury with vertigo, and others.

The veteran withdrew the appeal in its entirety, and all claims were dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing current disability, and remanded the claim for left ear hearing loss for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an initial compensable rating for various conditions, including right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, left ankle condition, back pain, depression, anxiety, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues.

The appeal is remanded to obtain audiometric testing reports from the Veteran's visits in 2019 and 2021 for an accurate initial rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability and no auditory threshold of 40 dB or greater in any relevant frequency, speech recognition score above 94 percent, or combination of three or more frequencies at 26 dB or higher.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, but denied service connection for tension headaches.