Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and no causal relationship between the claimed conditions and military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse disorder, and other specified depressive disorder to ensure a complete record is available for adjudication.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right elbow, and left elbow disorders. The claims for increased ratings for the Veteran's left hand strains were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for obstructive sleep apnea and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, as well as remanded the claim for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral eye disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and both knee disabilities due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, bilateral pes planus with degenerative arthritis, and asthma.

The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for the Veteran's right ear hearing loss, as the evidence supports this level of disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hip condition, flat feet, arthritis, hearing loss, and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee condition and bilateral hearing loss, but reopened the claim for bilateral hearing loss. The appeal was remanded for further development of the left foot condition issue.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of bilateral hearing loss to obtain an adequate opinion and ensure compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from April 17, 2008, to April 17, 2012, and denied TDIU based on the service-connected left ear hearing loss alone.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate VA examination and opinion.

The Board grants service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, as he did not meet the schedular criteria and there was no reasonable possibility that his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was dismissed as a matter of law, while the claim for prostatitis will be readjudicated due to new and relevant evidence.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were related to his active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for esophageal cancer and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding VA and private medical records, verifying a claimed in-service stressor, and scheduling VA examinations.