Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the Veteran's current hearing loss does not meet the criteria to be considered a disability for VA compensation purposes.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain a copy of the Veteran's July 5, 2023 VA examination report and medical nexus opinion.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, deranged left knee, and tinnitus before the Board promulgated a decision.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that both conditions are related to acoustic trauma sustained during active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and kidney stones due to a pre-decisional error in satisfying statutory or regulatory duties.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, a chronic heart condition, a chronic left foot condition, a chronic right foot condition, a chronic skin condition, and erectile dysfunction due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss and service connection for right shin splints. The claims for a compensable rating for headaches and TDIU were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and a scar of the head. The tinnitus was rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating.

The Veteran is entitled to a 50 percent rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability that met the criteria for a hearing loss disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal for service connection and an earlier effective date, awarding a 100% rating for acoustic schwannoma status post resection with vertigo and staggered gait to include right hemiplegia stroke and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board dismissed the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for heart, left knee scar, hearing loss, right finger, granuloma, and lipoma disabilities due to the Veteran's withdrawal.

The Board granted an effective date of April 20, 2021 for a 30 percent rating of the left knee replacement condition and denied earlier effective dates for service connection of left hip strain and limitation of abduction and adduction. The psychiatric condition was rated at 50 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for fatigue, pes planus, gout in the feet (secondary to PTSD), ankle disability, and right knee disability.

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

The appeal with respect to service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to the grant of service connection by the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) in September 2023. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the remaining claims for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss, including as secondary to tinnitus, due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability.