Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating and earlier effective date for bilateral hearing loss, as well as service connection for various conditions including cardiovascular issues, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability.

The Veteran is granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which include PTSD and various peripheral neuropathies.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, but remanded the claims for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for sinusitis.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for various disorders as the VA Form 10182 was untimely.

The Board granted service connection for a skin disorder (tinea cruris) and an initial rating of 30 percent for left shoulder impingement syndrome, but denied other claims including those for back disability, psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, and various knee and ear conditions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for left ear and right ear hearing loss.

The Veteran was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the (o)-level based on two distinct SMC(l) awards, and a higher level of SMC at the (r)(2) level for any point during the review period that he was not hospitalized in a hospice or nursing home at the government's expense.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 for bilateral hearing loss, lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, right knee strain, and tinnitus due to the eligibility of VA treatment benefits not surviving the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for cataracts and denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The issue of service connection for sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring VA medical records and a new examination.

The Board granted the petition to readjudicate the claims of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the claims for further adjudication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and bilateral hearing loss to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, plantar fasciitis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial compensable evaluation for four left shoulder surgical scars, but remanded the claim for a higher evaluation of the left shoulder degenerative arthritis with labral tear.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for service connection of a traumatic brain injury.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection and increased rating claims, resulting in their dismissal.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, and fibromyalgia as the evidence did not show a current disability according to VA standards or a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active duty.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.