Hearing loss Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation and notification due to the need for a VA audiological examination and updated notice.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and clarifying the relationship between his current hearing loss and noise exposure in the Wisconsin Air National Guard.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, in combination, have not been shown to be of such severity as to preclude substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is manifested by no worse than Level I hearing in both ears, and the criteria for a compensable rating have not been met.

The Veteran's hearing loss is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not alone preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work experience.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination for both right and left ear hearing loss.

The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus did not manifest in service or within one year thereafter, and thus denied service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA audiological examination and consideration of his testimony regarding functional effects caused by his hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The Board found no evidence of current bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, a chronic right shoulder disability, or an increase in the evaluation for his right ankle fracture with osteoarthritis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to inadequate consideration of whether good cause was shown for his failure to report for a VA examination, and because VA did not fulfill its duty to assist in obtaining private treatment records. The case is now remanded for further action.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected bilateral hearing loss was denied by the Board, as he only had Level I hearing loss in both ears.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected conditions.

The Board granted the initial compensable rating for right ear hearing loss and established an effective date of December 10, 2003. The TDIU claim was also granted with an effective date of December 10, 2003.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss to his active duty service, and concluded that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied as there is no valid diagnosis of hearing loss.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are service-connected, with the latter being more likely than not due to his in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and his anxiety disorder is not related to service. Bilateral hearing loss was not shown by competent medical evidence to be related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran's right ear hearing loss is not related to his active service and was first shown years post-service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder and an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's hearing loss was found to be non-compensably disabling.