Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable disability ratings and service connection for various conditions, including supraventricular arrhythmia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, erectile dysfunction, left groin scar, bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, left elbow epicondylitis, and multiple concussions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, GERD, a low back disability, and a right knee disability as the evidence did not support a finding of current disabilities related to active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for a headache disability, bilateral hearing loss, back, left hip, right hip, left knee, right knee, left shoulder, and right shoulder disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied service connection for the other claimed conditions, remanding several claims for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in that the AOJ failed to obtain service treatment records.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The appeal for service connection and increased rating for tinnitus, as well as the effective date claim, was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

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

The Board remands the matter for further development to obtain private treatment records from Regional Occupational Care Center in Lafayette, Indiana, as required by a Joint Motion for Remand.

The Board remands the case for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding no nexus between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disabilities and hearing loss, as there was no evidence of current diagnoses close in proximity to or during the pendency of the claims.

The Veteran's appeals for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals are therefore dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and tinnitus, but remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral hand disability, a bilateral knee/leg disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, a heart disability, and a back disability.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, vision impairment, hypertension, headaches, gastrointestinal ulcers, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis and a 20 percent rating for right sciatic radiculopathy, but denied higher ratings for left sciatic radiculopathy, chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), service connection for chronic sinusitis, pain of the right knee, bilateral hearing loss, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease and an initial 10 percent evaluation for hypertension, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a prostate disability, and PTSD. The effective date for the award of service connection for hypertension was denied.