Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and trigeminal nerve paralysis, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and left knee strain. The status post left hand (ring finger) fracture with residual pain was also granted.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for a neck disability, back disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left foot disability, and right foot disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied service connection for unspecified arthritis other than of the lumbar spine, bilateral hearing loss, and a heart disability as there was no evidence to support a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claim for bilateral hearing loss to obtain clarification on the type of speech discrimination testing used in a private examination and to request an addendum VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic arthritis of the right knee and denied service connection for a back disability, a right wrist disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no current disability for VA purposes and no nexus to the Veteran's military service.

The appellant's claim for an increased rating for Meniere's disease is remanded to obtain a new VA examination and opinion regarding the current severity of the disability.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for revision of a February 1984 rating decision denying service connection for hearing loss and for an earlier effective date for service connection for tinnitus on CUE grounds. The AOJ failed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's specific CUE arguments as directed in a prior Board remand and must do so in the first instance.

The appeal for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent filing of a request for Higher Level Review and a Form 10182 appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as the Decision Review Requests: Higher-Level Review (VA Forms 20-0996) were untimely, received more than one year after the issuance of the July 15, 2022, and August 4, 2022, rating decisions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for adjudication.

The Board denied service connection for bone spurs, bilateral hearing loss, a low back condition, and plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis or a nexus to service. The claim for impingement syndrome, left shoulder, was dismissed due to lack of timely supplemental claim.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and an initial rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and unspecified depressive disorder, while dismissing the appeal for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a right ear ruptured tympanic membrane, to include right ear hearing loss and vertigo, but denied service connection for other conditions including right index finger pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, diabetes mellitus type II, and skin disability.

The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected hypertension and denied service connection for sleep apnea, while remanding several other claims including those for various disabilities related to the Veteran's low back, cervical spine, knees, gastrointestinal system, heart, fibromyalgia, PTSD, and hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as service treatment records from the Veteran's period of reserve service have not been obtained.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, finding that the evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the audiometric test results and the functional impact of his hearing loss.