Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his in-service noise exposure and current hearing loss.

The Board granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for hearing loss in the right ear, but denied service connection for a low back disorder and diffuse large cell, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The appeal is remanded for further development of the evidence, including obtaining a new medical opinion to determine the etiology of the veteran's low back and knee conditions as well as his hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and a higher than 30 percent rating for chronic anxiety.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, left and right knee disorders, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a chronic disability in service or continuity of relevant symptomatology.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, acid reflux disease, sinusitis with chronic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, occipital neuralgia, and tinnitus were denied. However, the claim for chronic headaches was granted.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and to provide the Veteran with proper notice of the laws and regulations governing his claims.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, headaches, a neck disability, a left knee disability, and a right knee disability as there was no evidence of current disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no competent evidence showing a nexus between the in-service noise exposure and any current hearing loss disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to afford the Veteran a VA examination.

The veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and an increased rating for the residuals of a nasal fracture were withdrawn, while his claim for an increased rating for scar residuals was granted at 50 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence of an increase in severity during his active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, and tinnitus based on the evidence showing that these conditions are likely related to in-service noise exposure.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no evidence of the veteran's claimed hearing disability until many years after separation from service, and no medically sound basis presented attributing such disabilities to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left ear hearing loss as the competent medical evidence did not indicate that his hearing loss was related to in-service noise exposure or any other incident of military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied as the evidence did not support a higher rating or establish service connection.

The appeal was denied as the evidence did not support service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, frostbite or trench foot of both lower extremities, an eye disorder, and a duodenal ulcer.

The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a chip fracture of the third finger of the left hand are rated at 10 percent, and his claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss was related to noise exposure during his active duty service, and the initial rating for irritable bowel syndrome with gastroesophageal reflux disorder and lactose intolerance remains at 10 percent.