Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the docketing of the claim.

The Board granted a disability rating of 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss, effective June 17, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, asbestosis, chronic kidney disease, and a back disability. The claim for migraines was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, anxiety and depression, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for cervical strain degenerative arthritis of C4/5.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an initial rating of 40 percent, but no higher, for left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), while remanding the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar strain with Intervertebral Disc Syndrome.

The Board remands the claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU due to inadequate medical examinations or new laws requiring additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Meniere's disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to incomplete evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and non-compensable ratings for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, thoracolumbar strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine, right knee strain, and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity sciatic nerve.

The Board granted service connection for bronchiectasis, rhinitis, nocardia, sinusitis, asthma, and bilateral hearing loss based on in-service herbicide exposure.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, chronic migraine headaches, sinusitis, and insomnia as the evidence did not support a current disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on audiometric findings that equate to Level I hearing loss in both ears.

The Board denied increased ratings for cervical strain and lumbosacral strain, granted a 10 percent rating for right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy from February 20, 2019, to present, and granted TDIU from May 8, 2020, to March 17, 2021.

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

The appeal for service connection for sinusitis, allergies, and vertigo was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety), hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency or proximate to the filing of the claim.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of current hearing loss or disabling scars, and that her plantar fasciitis did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.