Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings and service connection, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's headache disability, but remanded claims for service connection for knee pain and bilateral hearing loss disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for eye (vision), bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to insufficient efforts made by the agency of original jurisdiction to schedule VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and remanded the claim for left ear hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss based on the evidence showing a nexus between the Veteran's in-service hazardous noise exposure and his current hearing loss.

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

The Board granted service connection for a fungal disability and a gynecological condition, but denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and varicose veins.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and dizziness secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus, but denied readjudication of the claim for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for a cervical spine disability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and a back disability for further development.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, with mood congruent psychotic features and anxious distress, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claim for left ear hearing loss was denied.

The appeal regarding service connection for bilateral hearing loss is dismissed as moot because the claim was granted in an August 2024 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for a bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine disability, and left upper extremity disability.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and granted an initial rating of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain, effective October 20, 2022. The claims for left ear hearing loss and a respiratory disability were remanded.

The Board granted restoration of the 10 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, but no higher, and the 30 percent evaluation for cervical spondylosis, but no higher. It also granted a 40 percent rating for radiculopathy right upper extremity from March 2, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for a compensable evaluation of service-connected bilateral hearing loss to obtain additional evidence, including any outstanding treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for migraines due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied earlier effective dates, initial ratings higher than 30 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and insomnia, and initial ratings higher than 10 percent for lumbosacral strain. The claims for service connection for various conditions were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support an increase in disability from 10 percent.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the service-connected bilateral hearing loss disability and remanded claims for service connection for a low back disability and left lower extremity neurological disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss due to his failure to appear at scheduled VA examinations without good cause.