Hearing loss Board decisions

The Veteran's tinnitus is service-connected as it originated during his period of active service. The other conditions remain under review.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to restoration of a 40 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss and an increased (compensable) rating for bilateral hearing loss for further development.

The claim for service connection for a dental condition was reopened, but the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a cholesteatoma of the left ear, but remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, headaches, and hypertension as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may it be presumed to have been.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus based on new and material evidence that the conditions originated during military service.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to clarify the current severity of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a disability recognized by VA.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no formal or informal claim for service connection prior to May 5, 2005.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of cold injury to the feet, hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, amputation of three middle toes of the right foot, lens implant, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as they were not related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claims to reopen service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a right elbow disorder, a right shoulder disorder, PTSD, hepatitis C, a right eye disorder, an ulcer, a scar of the right shoulder, and tinea versicolor were denied as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptomatology, and no competent medical evidence linking the current condition to military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravation and no medical nexus between the current condition and military service.

The Veteran's gout has been rated at 40 percent, and the claims for service connection for a bilateral leg disability, hearing loss, left ear condition (previously shown as dizziness), right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability have been reopened.,The claim for service connection for a bilateral hand disability was denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, arthritis of the right knee, and bilateral hearing loss were denied as the evidence did not support higher ratings.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and bilateral hearing loss were denied due to a lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressors, and no evidence of a current disability for the hearing loss.

The Veteran was granted increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and lymphedema of the left lower extremity, with a 50 percent rating effective October 18, 2004, and a 20 percent rating for lymphedema.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and a dental disorder, as there was no evidence of a current disability.