Hearing loss Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA audiological examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to scheduling issues for a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.

The Veteran's hearing loss of the left ear and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by service. The Board found no evidence of current disability for VA purposes, specifically regarding hearing loss of the right ear.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining missing service medical records and VA treatment records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and a new VA examination.

The Veteran's current tinnitus is related to active service, and the Board finds in favor of granting service connection for this condition. The claim for bilateral hearing loss remains pending as it requires further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss is related to noise exposure during his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board finds that the Veteran's service discharge examination demonstrated a medical hearing loss in the left ear, and he has provided credible testimony of experiencing acoustic trauma during service and symptoms of left ear hearing loss at discharge from active service through the present time. The VA examination results demonstrate that he has a current left ear hearing loss disability as defined by VA regulations. Therefore, the Board grants entitlement to service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. No service connection decisions were made.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and chronic tinnitus. The case is being remanded for further development of the evidence, including obtaining any pertinent VA or private treatment records and providing the Veteran with additional VA audiometric and otologic examinations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus are related to his military service, granting service connection for both conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hyperlipidemia, and an eye disorder. The evidence did not meet the criteria for service connection in any of these cases.

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

The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected disabilities are of sufficient severity to prevent her from engaging in and retaining substantially gainful employment, thus granting TDIU.

The Board found that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by service, as there was no evidence of such conditions within one year after separation from service. The claims for service connection were therefore denied.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for a Travel Board hearing at the Waco, Texas Regional Office.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if he meets the requirements of hearing loss for VA purposes and whether his claimed bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his military service, including in-service acoustic trauma.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. His PTSD and right metacarpal fracture are rated at the maximum allowed, while his hearing loss claim was not granted as compensable.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was granted an initial 10 percent rating effective March 11, 2009. Service connection for a left ankle disability was also granted but the appeal is not about service connection at all.