Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's contention that his bilateral hearing loss is due to in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, both related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral hearing loss, but granted service connection for tinnitus. The claims for right knee strain and left knee strain were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and other benefits due to insufficient evidence of disability severity beyond the current ratings.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a left knee condition, and right knee strain as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or otherwise related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), erectile dysfunction (ED) as secondary to PTSD, and migraines as secondary to PTSD. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea and bilateral hearing loss were denied.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right wrist pain, left wrist pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, and a traumatic brain injury as the evidence did not support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral tinnitus and denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, linear midline lumbar surgical scar, and bilateral hearing loss. However, the Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine disability and a separate 10 percent rating for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and denied claims for right ankle calcaneal enthesopathy and left ankle calcaneal enthesopathy. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for mycobacterium tuberculosis, latent pulmonary tuberculosis infection, insomnia, and a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss.

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

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to a concurrent election of review options under the Appeals Modernization Act, and the claim for tinnitus was denied as there is no evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss due to a duty to assist error regarding an incomplete medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, plantar fasciitis (PF), and pseudofolliculitis barbae (PB) but remanded the claims for shin splints and a higher rating for left hip strain, impairment of thigh.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for prostate cancer due to potential toxic exposures.

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

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids. However, the Veteran was granted a 50% rating prior to June 12, 2024, and a 100% rating from that date forward for his acquired psychiatric disability.