Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right ear hearing loss, stating that the current hearing loss is not related to service.

The Veteran withdrew the entire appeal, including all service connection claims and other benefits requests.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing the Veteran met the criteria under 38 C.F.R. § 3.385, and remanded the claim for left ear hearing loss for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his military service and therefore, service connection for tinnitus is granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss disability based on the evidence of record, which showed Level I hearing impairment in both ears.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and current hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for foot pain, left and right arches, and traumatic brain injury but denied it for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for right ear hearing loss, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and a higher initial rating, finding no basis to award an earlier date or a higher disability rating based on the evidence of record.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the results of a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability is related to in-service hazardous noise exposure and subsequent documented in-service 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 granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to hazardous noise and the continuity of symptomatology since service.

The Board is remanding the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

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

The Board granted service connection for a lower spine disability, to include lumbar arthritis, and dismissed the appeals for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, bilateral flatfoot, erectile dysfunction, SMC based on loss of use of creative organ, and remanded an issue related to an acquired psychiatric disorder.