Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding a nexus between the in-service noise exposure and the current disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for low back strain.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for right ear hearing loss and left ear hearing loss due to untimely Notice of Disagreement, and denied service connection for tumors of the central nervous system. The claims for psychiatric disorder, arthritis, and low back condition were remanded for further development.

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

The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to his active service.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for laryngeal cancer.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, stress (adjustment disorder), erectile dysfunction, and pseudofolliculitis barbae. The appeal of the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no current disability, and the evidence did not support a nexus to in-service noise exposure. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss due to missing audiograms from 2020 and 2021.

The appeal for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction was dismissed, and the claims for increased ratings for diabetic peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss were denied.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran based on his reported noise exposure during military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right wrist disorder, and left wrist disorder as there was no current diagnosis of these conditions during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.

The Board dismissed the appeals for various conditions due to untimely filings and concurrent review requests.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is dismissed due to the untimeliness of the notice of disagreement and the lack of a proper adjudicative determination.

The Board denied the petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but remanded an upper back and neck disability claim due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss and remanded the claim for tinnitus due to insufficient evidence supporting a current disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, granted a 10 percent evaluation based upon multiple, noncompensable, service-connected disabilities from December 1, 2023, to January 9, 2024, but denied the same on and after January 9, 2024. The Board remanded for further development of a claim for service connection for supraventricular arrhythmia.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability. The claims for service connection for left, right ankle, and right elbow conditions were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claim for a back disability for further development.