Hearing loss decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it related to the Veteran's in-service noise exposure. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as it did not originate in service and is not etiologically related to service.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus, finding the evidence to be at least in approximate balance as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain.

The appeal for increased ratings for PTSD, supraventricular tachycardia, and bilateral hearing loss was withdrawn by the Veteran through her authorized representative.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability, a right hand scar, and residuals of a right leg injury.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for headaches and remanded claims for service connection for various other conditions, including open angle glaucoma, sensorineural hearing loss, asthma, heart disease, bladder cancer, and squamous cell carcinoma.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 5, 2013, for service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for hearing loss, back condition, and neck condition.

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

The Board dismissed the appeal for failure to timely file a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) with the July 2024 rating decision.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, asthma, and bronchitis was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that new and relevant evidence was submitted and the Veteran's statements were credible.

The Board denied increased disability ratings for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, and GERD.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than August 25, 2024, for the assignment of a 50 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, a skin rash, and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, shortness of breath, PTSD, OSA, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, knee disabilities, CPS, and earlier effective dates.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for right ear hearing loss, a higher initial evaluation of 30 percent for right ear hearing loss, and service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board granted an effective date of January 25, 2022, for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee joint osteoarthritis, and right knee total replacement.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not demonstrate a current disability during or proximate to the appeal period.

The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates and remanded several service connection claims.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss on a direct basis, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current hearing loss and his in-service noise exposure.