Hearing loss Board decisions

The Veteran's hearing loss disability was evaluated as 0 percent disabling. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet criteria for a compensable rating based on his audiometric results.

The Veteran's hearing loss was evaluated as Level II in the right ear and Level VII in the left ear, resulting in a 10% disability rating. The Board denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability is found to have started during service and has been continuous since then, meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability, a disability manifested by pain in throat, and insomnia. Additional medical records are needed from VA facilities, and attempts should be made to obtain military personnel and service treatment records from the Tennessee Army National Guard.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including allergic rhinitis, hearing loss, and prostate cancer residuals, have rendered him unemployable since May 1, 2014. The Board finds the evidence approximately balanced as to whether his service-connected conditions meet the criteria for TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss disability due to non-compliance with prior remand orders.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to errors in the audiological reports and ambiguities in the record. The Board will obtain a new addendum audiological examination, review of the existing records, and expert opinion to address these issues.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that these conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable disability rating for left ear hearing loss.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a total disability based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) and higher ratings for PTSD and bilateral hearing loss due to additional development being necessary, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and conducting a new examination of his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine is granted service connection.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there was no exceptional pattern of hearing impairment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and effective dates have been denied. His bilateral hearing loss claim is not granted, his left testicular torsion status post bilateral orchiopexies with residual scar claim has an effective date of April 7, 2014, his erectile dysfunction claim has an effective date of August 26, 2016, and his SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted as of that same date. His rating for erectile dysfunction remains noncompensable.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated as 20 percent disabling from September 2, 2022 onwards. The Board denied a higher rating for the period prior to that date.

The Board has remanded the case due to newly received evidence that was not considered in the previous decision. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his high frequency sensorineural hearing loss will be reconsidered with this new information.

The Board has remanded the claims for visual impairment, hearing loss, tinnitus, and a psychiatric disorder due to inadequate opinions in previous examinations. The Veteran's service connection claims are being reviewed again with new evidence considered.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military noise exposure during basic training.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was rated at 10 percent prior to August 11, 2020, and the Board found no evidence of entitlement to a higher rating. The claim for an increased rating is denied.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent effective May 5, 2015. A TDIU is granted as of the same date. The Veteran also receives a 30 percent rating for laryngitis and a 10 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss. However, an extraschedular TDIU prior to May 5, 2015 remains pending.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran did not have a current disability of hearing loss for VA purposes and there was no evidence linking his hearing loss to service.

The Veteran's PTSD did not meet the criteria for a higher rating from January 29, 2016 to August 21, 2022.,From August 22, 2022 to the present, the Veteran's PTSD also did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.