Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD and a 20 percent disability rating for colostomy closure scar of the right upper quadrant and midline laparotomy scar and left costal margin entrance wound scar, effective August 8, 2023.

The appeal of the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor based on evidence of record.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of the disabilities were related to active duty.

The appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder. The other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder, bilateral tinnitus, and right ear hearing loss, while denying service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the claims were not supported by competent medical or lay evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as additional evidence must be obtained.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act, denied service connection for inguinal hernia and an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, and remanded claims for service connection for GERD, alternating constipation and diarrhea, and hypertension on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for hearing loss and a vision condition.

The Board remands the matter for further evidentiary development to ensure compliance with its prior remand instructions regarding the severity of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss and remanded the issue of an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for right ear hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation and an increased evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss effective April 3, 2025.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable rating of left ear hearing loss to obtain missing VA audiometric data.

The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, a right ear disorder other than hearing loss and tinnitus, an initial compensable rating for right ear hearing loss, an initial compensable rating for asthma, and various other conditions due to insufficient evidence of current disability or no relationship to service.

The appeals for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were withdrawn by the Veteran's representative before a decision was promulgated.