Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to correct a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the consideration of certain evidence in prior examinations and opinions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including failure to associate VA treatment records and obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal on March 3, 2025, as he is already receiving a 100 percent rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PTSD due to an inadequate VA examination. The issue of whether the Appellant's character of discharge is a bar to entitlement to VA benefits is also remanded.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding a nexus to the Veteran's active service based on exposure to acoustic trauma.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance and reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss and granted service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia with urinary retention and erectile dysfunction, while remanding the claim for ESBL-positive E. coli complicated urosepsis with bacteremia.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and increased disability evaluations, except for left knee scar and patellofemoral complex with recurrent instability, which were granted an effective date of December 1, 2004.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, including hearing loss, facial scars, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, skin condition, sleep apnea, and various musculoskeletal issues.

The Board remands the claims for further development and to obtain additional evidence, including VA treatment records, Vet Center records, and a TERA examination under the PACT Act.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable initial evaluation for bilateral hearing loss disability and remanded claims for service connection for neurological disabilities in the upper and lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for hearing loss in the left ear but denied it for the right ear.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, tinnitus, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as there was no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence or aggravation of the claimed conditions.

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

The Board granted an effective date of May 10, 1989, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date for bilateral hearing loss. Other claims were denied.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for headache disorder, sinusitis, obstructive sleep apnea, COPD, colon cancer, and lung cancer were remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew appeals for service connection of multiple conditions and a higher rating for tinnitus, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation, and the claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss and an increased rating for residuals of fracture of vertebra were remanded.