Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss as the evidence did not show a current disability meeting VA standards during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 7, 2021, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to obtain and secure substantially gainful employment during that period.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including the side effects of medication taken to treat his back disability, precluded substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hearing loss based on the results of multiple VA examinations that showed his hearing acuity did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss but denied service connection for a back condition, left foot disability, right foot disability, and right shoulder condition.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected left ear hearing loss and remanded several claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of bilateral hearing loss to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's current hearing loss is directly related to service.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings as untimely, with no valid appeal under docket number 250102-497204.

The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for hearing loss was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and acquired psychiatric disability, including post-traumatic stress disorder, with panic attacks, anxiety disorder and unspecified insomnia. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and bilateral hearing loss disabilities render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with his education, training, and experience.

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

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on noise exposure during active service.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss, migraine headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were dismissed due to a lack of timely notice of disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, fatigue, neurobehavioral effects (including mood), unspecified depressive disorder, hypertension, migraines, and degenerative disc disease. The Veteran's left ear hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss based on the results of VA examinations and audiometric testing.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his in-service harmful noise exposure.