Hearing loss Board decisions
139,098 indexed Board decisions for Hearing loss.
Badges describe the whole decision, not the outcome for every condition listed. An appeal can grant one issue and deny or remand another. Check the original decision for each issue; these outcomes do not predict your claim.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and pulmonary problems. The Veteran's hypertension is found to be related to his service-connected anxiety disorder, while he does not have diagnosed conditions of bilateral hearing loss or pulmonary problems.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was rated at 30 percent effective from January 29, 2010. The appeal for service connection of vertigo as secondary to his hearing loss and tinnitus is pending.
- Whole decision: DeniedJune 2015
The Veteran's right foot disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are not related to service. The Board finds no current disability for the right foot condition.,Service connection is denied as there is no evidence of a current bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)June 2015
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a DRO hearing and readjudication of the claims.
- Whole decision: DeniedJune 2015
The Board finds that the Veteran did not have chronic symptoms of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss during service and has not had continuous symptoms since service. The current bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability is not causally or etiologically related to service.
- Whole decision: DeniedJune 2015
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and diabetes mellitus, type II. For bilateral hearing loss, the claim was denied as there was no evidence of worsening during service. For diabetes mellitus, type II, the Veteran withdrew his appeal at the November 2014 Board hearing.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is as likely as not related to his military service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: DeniedJune 2015
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus are not related to service, while his bowel disorder is not otherwise etiologically linked to service.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to in-service exposure to loud noise, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, myofascial pain syndrome, neurological disabilities of the right and left lower extremities, and depression. The Veteran's right ear hearing loss claim is remanded for additional development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)June 2015
The Board has remanded the claims due to a request for a video-conference hearing. The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, seizures, and sleep apnea are pending.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)June 2015
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain additional medical opinions and records in order to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)June 2015
The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus are service-connected, with doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: DeniedJune 2015
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated by active service, as there was no evidence of hearing loss within one year after discharge and the medical opinions did not support a connection to service.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to service, with continuity of symptoms since service. Service connection is granted for both conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)June 2015
The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining a copy of his DD Form 214 and scheduling an audiologist examination.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Veteran's hearing loss has been rated as 10 percent disabling since October 26, 2010. The VA examiner found that the Veteran had no worse than Level IV hearing in both ears.
- Whole decision: GrantedJune 2015
The Veteran's initial rating for bilateral hearing loss was granted at 50 percent, effective January 31, 2011. The Board found that the current evaluation adequately reflects the severity of his service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: DeniedJune 2015
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is not related to his active service and therefore denied the claim.
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