Hearing loss decisions — 2025

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

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use disorder but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and eyesight problems.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use disorder but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and eyesight problems.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, and the Board has no authority to review this appeal.

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

The Board dismissed the appeals for restoration of disability ratings and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding an issue related to sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of left ear hearing loss to obtain a supplemental or clarifying opinion regarding its relationship with in-service noise exposure and toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).

The Board denied the claims for an increased rating for tinnitus, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded several other claims including a higher rating for left ankle sprain and service connections for tension headaches, right index finger laceration residuals, and left hand idiopathic neuropathy.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding a continuity of symptomatology and credible testimony supporting the claim.

The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including adjustment disorder with anxiety, right ear hearing loss, and hip disorders, but granted a separate 10 percent rating for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus based on a continuity of symptoms since service.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD based on the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms not meeting the criteria for higher ratings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss and a left knee disability. The claim for a back disability was remanded for further development, as was the claim for a prostate condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the current disability and harmful noise exposure during active duty.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, erectile dysfunction, a left shoulder condition, and a neck condition, as well as an earlier effective date claim regarding PTSD. The claims for carpal tunnel syndrome and shin splints were denied, while other claims were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right index finger amputation, and an increased rating for tinnitus. The claims for service connection for gastrointestinal problems, neck disability, knee disability, and sleep disorder were remanded.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and right ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for left knee disability and right knee disability.

The Board denied the applications to revise a March 2021 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for various claims of service connection, finding no evidence that the correct facts were not before the RO or that the applicable statutory and regulatory provisions were incorrectly applied.