Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and TBI residuals.,There is no evidence of current disabilities or in-service injuries related to these conditions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations and consideration of new evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred during active service.

Service connection is granted for residual scarring of chin laceration and left-arm residual scarring due to a dog bite.,Service connection is denied for left-ear hearing loss.

The Veteran's appeal regarding his left ear hearing loss rating has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's tinnitus is considered to have started during his military service, while the hearing loss was not shown as noted or chronic in service and is not otherwise etiologically related.

The Veteran's appeal regarding cervical dysplasia has been withdrawn.,A claim for an eye disability is reopened based on new evidence received since the May 2013 rating decision.,Bilateral tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss are denied as not related to service.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety and depression) and bilateral shin splints are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection and rating determinations related to his hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction disorder, right ear hearing loss, and residuals of a right thumb fracture due to additional development being required.

The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to March 15, 2019 for service connection of left ear hearing loss has been dismissed as the Veteran did not file a notice of disagreement with the assigned effective date.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted for a left ankle disability and right ear hearing loss, and entitlement to service connection was denied for arthritis of the lumbar spine and COPD.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to noise exposure during service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board vacated the June 2019 decision and granted service connection for hypertension. The effective dates for other conditions were denied.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder is denied.,The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for right ear hearing loss is remanded.,The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a right knee scar is remanded, and he also appeals for a higher initial rating.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected right knee scar is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disease in service or within one year of separation from service. The Board also found that continuity of symptomatology is not established and concluded that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability did not have its onset in service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a lower back condition and bilateral hearing loss have been reopened. The Board has determined that new evidence received since the March 2014 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims, but further examination is needed to determine if they are related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the cause of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss. The file will be sent back for a new opinion from an examiner.

The Board has granted service connection for sinus disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and MGUS. The Board found that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and left wrist condition are all granted. The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy is also granted with a 40% disability rating, but only for the left lower extremity radiculopathy.