Hearing loss Board decisions

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is remanded for a new examination and opinion.,The Veteran's right elbow/forearm disability is remanded for an additional examination to determine the cause of his symptoms during the period on appeal.,The Veteran's claim for increased rating for depressive disorder is remanded due to the addition of relevant VA treatment records.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and coronary artery disease as there is no evidence that the Veteran filed a formal or informal application for these conditions prior to September 15, 2015.

The Board has remanded the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for left ear hearing loss due to incomplete records and further development is needed.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left ear hearing loss, finding that it is related to his active military service.

The appeal for service connection for a recurrent sleep disability is dismissed. The Board has established service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, to include sleep impairment, and assigned a 30 percent rating for that disability, effective August 30, 2022.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus disability and has assigned a 70 percent rating for PTSD, effective from March 22, 2017.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss on a presumptive basis. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's tinnitus, left foot callouses, and right foot callouses have been granted service connection. The low back disability has also been reopened for further review.,Service connection is established for arthritis of the ankles, but not for the left wrist or knee.

Service connection is granted for tinnitus, but the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him so helpless as to be in need of the regular aid and attendance of another individual, thus SMC based on aid and attendance is denied.

The Board has decided that service connection for tinnitus is denied and the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion based on another Veteran's records.

The Veteran's noncompensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error in the May 2021 VA examination.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, finding an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence supporting these claims.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him so helpless as to be in need of the regular aid and attendance of another individual, thus SMC based on aid and attendance is denied.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service, and the conditions did not manifest within one year of discharge.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted service connection as they are related to his military service, with the Board finding that he experienced continuous symptoms since separation.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings on multiple conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, cervical degenerative disc disease, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and traumatic brain injury.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus disabilities are not related to his military service, as there is no evidence of in-service noise exposure or a nexus between these conditions and his service.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted service connection. Other disabilities are remanded for further development.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection claims related to his bilateral hearing loss, right ear pain, and left ear growth as these issues are now part of a modernized review system.