Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions were incurred in service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tension headaches, bilateral hearing loss, and a heart condition to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tension headaches, bilateral hearing loss, and a heart condition to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and service connection for colitis due to insufficient evidence of current disability.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable initial disability rating for left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than September 8, 2009 for the award of service connection for Meniere's disease, including tinnitus and hearing loss.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to a timely Notice of Disagreement not being filed.

The Board granted readjudication of the issue of whether the Appellant's character of discharge is a bar to entitlement to VA benefits, exclusive of health care and related benefits authorized under Chapter 17, Title 38, United States Code. The other issues were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right ear sensorineural hearing loss due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for Wegener's granulomatosis, a recurrent kidney disability, and a recurrent bladder disability. The claim for an earlier effective date was denied, as well as the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and left and right knee disorders due to new and relevant evidence being submitted. The claim for recurrent sinusitis rhinitis was remanded for further development.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, except for a separate rating of 20 percent for left knee instability beginning on December 19, 2021.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability due to a need for additional development and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted restoration of the 40% rating for bilateral hearing loss, effective May 1, 2024, and denied a rating in excess of 40%.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for sleep apnea with bronchitis.

The appeal to readjudicate a claim for entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, including as secondary to a traumatic brain injury (TBI), is warranted due to new and relevant evidence having been received.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for headaches secondary to service-connected sinusitis associated with service-connected rhinitis and remanded the remaining issues for further development.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, but remanded the claims for right knee arthritis, left knee arthritis, right hand arthritis, left hand arthritis, bilateral hearing loss, and tooth loss and gum disease for further development.