Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, both of which are presumed to have been incurred in service due to the Veteran's noise exposure during his active duty.

The Board denied service connection for low back, neck, right ankle, left ankle, and hearing loss conditions but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to her service-connected fibromyalgia not meeting the criteria for precluding locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for service connection for vertigo and bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and hearing loss as the evidence did not support a diagnosis of these conditions during or shortly after active service.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) and remanded several other claims, including lumbar spine disorder, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, bronchitis, pneumonia, and GERD. The appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, insomnia disorder, kidney stones, and increased rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for lumbosacral strain and bilateral knee condition.

The Board remands the case for a new medical examination to determine if the Veteran's right ear hearing loss is related to his service.

The appeal for a TDIU is remanded to the Undersecretary for Benefits or the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration under 38 C.F.R. §4.16(b).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and a higher rating for chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension.

The Board denied entitlement to accrued benefits, DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, and service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lack of pending claims at death and insufficient evidence linking death to service. The Board remanded the claim for nonservice-connected survivor's pension benefits to obtain a VA examination regarding the appellant's permanent incapacity for self-support prior to age 18 and to obtain SSA records.

The Board remands the matter for the AOJ to provide the Veteran with notice of her right to a hearing and then readjudicate her claim based on the record before them, including determining if the duty to assist required any additional evidentiary development.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to untimely filing of the VA Form 10182.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain a more thorough medical nexus opinion.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but dismissed the claim for hyperthyroidism and denied the claim for hypercholesterolemia.

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

The Board denied service connection for bilateral dry eye, erectile dysfunction with loss of sexual drive, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 15, 2011 for service connection for PTSD and also granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, GERD, hypertension, sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, heart condition, tinnitus, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period. The claim for headaches was dismissed as moot.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected right ear hearing loss and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for left ear hearing loss for further development.