Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded several other claims, including those for essential tremors (parkinsonism), psychiatric disability, hypothyroidism, hearing loss, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary/ respiratory disability, blood clots, and aortic aneurysm.

The appeal seeking service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae and bilateral hearing loss, but granted TDIU solely due to service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The back condition and frostbite of the hands and feet were remanded for further examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the results of audiological testing.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a nexus between her current disability and in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and denied service connection for various other conditions, including allergies/rhinitis, right hip joint pain inflammation - range of motion condition, left lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, migraine / tension headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and right foot inversion. The Board remanded several claims for further development.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on unemployability (TDIU) from November 5, 2008, to October 18, 2011, from January 1, 2012, to October 23, 2012, from February 1, 2013, to February 23, 2014, and from April 1, 2015, to March 10, 2024.

The Board denied an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the issues of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and entitlement to a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 1, 2014.

The Veteran was granted a single 100 percent rating for residuals of right ear otitis media, vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. An earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus to allow the RO to review additional evidence.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his in-service exposure to hazardous noise and acoustic trauma.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues, including a compensable rating for hearing loss, right ear, service connection for left ear hearing loss, a low back disorder and a skin rash, and TDIU.

The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss based on the Veteran's credible report of in-service noise exposure and current diagnosis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal for service connection for left ear hearing loss was dismissed due to an error in docketing the case under the Legacy system after the Veteran opted into the AMA review system.

The appeal for service connection for hearing loss, tremors of the upper extremities, right hand and fifth digit arthritis, and fainting spells with shortness of breath has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, a mid/lower back disability, a right knee disability, a neck disability, a left shoulder disability, a left hip disability, a right hip disability, and migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left ear hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to schedule the Veteran for a VA examination.