Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, due to incomplete development of his VA treatment records.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities are related to his in-service noise exposure during active duty.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service connected due to noise exposure during military service.

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

The Board has remanded the cases due to incomplete records and will require further development, including obtaining audiometric treatment records from VistA Imaging Display.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability during or within one year after active service and concluding that the Veteran's current hearing loss is not related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss and dismissed his appeal for an increased rating for left ear hearing loss. The decision affords the benefit of doubt to the Veteran, finding that his current right ear hearing loss is at least as likely as not related to military service.

The Board has denied claims for an effective date earlier than March 31, 2016 for the awards of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus. The claim for a higher initial rating for bilateral hearing loss is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's in-service acoustic trauma during combat service is presumed to have caused these current disabilities.

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

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied as his audiometric testing did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss and tinnitus are granted service connection, but his migraine headaches secondary to a service-connected disability are denied.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not caused or incurred in service, as there is no evidence of noise exposure during active duty that would support a finding of service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his active service. However, it denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing its onset during or within one year after service.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted service connection, while the rating for his burn scars residuals remains at 10 percent.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, leaving only the issues of chronic allergic rhinitis and sleep apnea in appellate status.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right shoulder disability, left wrist disability, and left elbow disability. The decision is mixed as some issues were granted while others were not.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are of sufficient severity to produce unemployability from May 24, 2012. The Board has vacated the November 2018 remand and remanded the issues on appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current hearing loss disability is related to in-service noise exposure and his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the evidence did not show a link between these conditions and military service.