Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current sensorineural hearing loss is related to hazardous noise exposure during active service.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to incomplete records. The Veteran's audiological evaluation from July 2015 needs to be obtained from the White City VAMC.

The Board has remanded multiple issues related to the Veteran's claims for service connection and effective dates, including bilateral hearing loss, collar bone disabilities, hip disabilities, shoulder impingement syndrome, knee conditions, ankle sprains, foot contusions, and elbow scars.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional evaluations and evidence. The Board will not make a final determination on these issues until further review.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right elbow disability, right shoulder disability, and low back disability. ,However, the claims for a gastrointestinal disability, lung condition, and other disabilities are being remanded due to additional development needed.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to incomplete development and lack of an in-person VA examination. The case is being returned for further development.

The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss are granted as service connected.,The Veteran's left knee disability is remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for back pain, right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, right knee damage, and left knee damage due to issues with scheduling VA examinations while the Veteran is incarcerated.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, PFB, knee disabilities, and hip disabilities, were denied. The Board found that the medical evidence did not support higher ratings based on the criteria provided in the rating schedule.

The Board has remanded the claims for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and pain due to a lack of a VA examination. The Veteran's MOS was personnel specialist but he worked as an armorer during service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and therefore grants his claim for total disability based on individual unemployability.

The Board has granted service connection for DDD of the cervical spine. The other issues have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and right foot disability. The Veteran's tinnitus is presumed to have been incurred during service due to in-service noise exposure. However, there is no evidence of a current diagnosis or continuity of symptoms related to the claimed hearing loss and right foot disabilities that can be traced back to service.

The Veteran's TDIU and DEA benefits are granted effective February 24, 2021. The effective date for the TDIU is based on his increased rating for PTSD filed on February 24, 2021.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service connection is established.,Service connection for a respiratory disability (COPD and pulmonary nodules) and a cardiac disability (valvular heart disease, bradycardia, congestive heart failure) is remanded due to the need for additional evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss is rated at zero percent, as the audiometric test results do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to service-connected disabilities is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure. The claims were denied initially but were reconsidered after new evidence was submitted.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus, hearing loss, back disability, and knee disabilities rendered him unemployable prior to December 17, 2020. The Board granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis for this period.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for service-connected bilateral hearing loss was denied as his hearing acuity did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.,The Veteran's kidney problems (now claimed as kidney stones) were reopened due to new and material evidence, but service connection is still pending.,Service connection for tinnitus was granted.