Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter for an addendum medical opinion addressing the Veteran's right ear hearing loss and its potential relation to in-service toxic exposure risk activities, including burn pit exposure.

The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for hearing loss, back disability, and associated lower extremity radiculopathies due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claim for further evidentiary development, specifically to obtain the Veteran's service treatment records from Fort Belvoir and Andrews Air Force Base.

The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the issues for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral foot disorder, a left knee disorder, a right knee disorder, and a lumbar spine disorder as there was no evidence of current disabilities related to the Veteran's military service.

The appeal was dismissed for the issues of entitlement to an effective date prior to September 17, 2013, and entitlement to an initial compensable rating for right ear hearing loss, service connection for left ear hearing loss, service connection for foot fungus, and eligibility for DEA under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code. The appeal was denied for the effective date of service connection for bipolar disorder.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and PTSD with schizoaffective disorder, but denied service connection for depression and bipolar disorder. The effective date for the awards of service connection was set to November 6, 2017.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on new evidence showing a relationship to in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the evidence of record.

The appeal of the claim for service connection for hearing loss was dismissed as the March 2023 notice of disagreement did not express disagreement with a valid rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for a rating greater than 0 percent prior to September 6, 2022, and greater than 10 percent thereafter, for bilateral hearing loss due to an unclear audiogram result.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for left knee disability, as the evidence did not support higher ratings based on the applicable criteria.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, asthma, stomach pains, a heart disability secondary to PTSD, and non-compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no current disability of bilateral hearing loss and no evidence that his tinnitus had onset in or was otherwise related to service.

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

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, attributing it to noise exposure during the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a right shoulder condition, and an increased rating for lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there is no evidence of a current disability or nexus to service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied service connection for ankylosing spondylitis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and right elbow chronic bursitis.