Hearing loss decisions — 2025

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. The claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for left knee, bilateral hearing loss, and both ankles and shoulders were denied. The claims for cervical strain and right knee strain were remanded.

The veteran's total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder was granted an earlier effective date of November 7, 2018. The claim for an earlier effective date prior to this is remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss because the Veteran did not have a qualifying hearing disability during the appeal period.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, back disability, bilateral shin disability, bilateral foot disability, neck disability, bilateral shoulder disability, and bilateral wrist disability were denied. The claims for migraine headaches and bilateral knee disabilities were remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was granted. The evidence showed that the veteran's hearing loss was likely due to in-service exposure to excessive noise.

The Board remanded all issues to correct a duty to assist error. The Veteran's surviving spouse will be given notice of her right to a hearing and the claims will be readjudicated.

The appeal for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed because the veteran is already rated at 100 percent for leukemia and there is no evidence showing they are unable to work due solely to another service-connected disability.

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied because the veteran's hearing loss is not considered a disability under VA regulations. The issue of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for service-connected allergic rhinitis was remanded for further evaluation.

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

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and various effective date claims. However, it granted a restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for right index finger scar and a 10 percent disability rating for left knee disability with flexion limitation.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher disability ratings and TDIU due to errors in the original decision process.

The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted, but the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss is remanded. The Board will consider new evidence related to toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs).

The Board granted readjudication for several conditions due to new and relevant evidence. Some claims were denied, and others were remanded for further review.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's bilateral hearing loss, concluding that the evidence was approximately balanced regarding whether the condition was incurred due to in-service exposure to excessive noise.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was granted. The Board found that the veteran's hearing loss began during active service and continued to the present.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied. However, the veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The VA needs to conduct a more thorough examination.

Service connection for tinnitus was granted. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus was remanded due to new and relevant evidence.