Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral leg disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, and hearing loss. The claim for service connection for headaches was also denied. However, new and material evidence was found to reopen the claim for a bilateral knee disorder.

The appeal is remanded for further development and readjudication of the Veteran's claim.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and prostate cancer and its residuals, including impotence and metastatic bone cancer, as there was no evidence that these conditions were caused by or aggravated by active service.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, is presumed to have been incurred during active military service. The claims for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, cardiac condition, and CFS were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The appeal is remanded to reschedule a Travel Board hearing regarding the Veteran's claims for service connection and applications to reopen.

The appeal is remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) in Washington, D.C., for scheduling a Travel Board or videoconference hearing as requested by the Veteran.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no medical evidence of record documenting hearing loss during service or many years thereafter, and the preponderance of the evidence was against a finding that a current diagnosis of a bilateral hearing loss disability began during or as the result of any incident of service.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30%, then increased to 50% and finally to 70% for the periods specified. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied.

The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as the evidence is at least in equipoise and supports a finding that the Veteran's current hearing loss is related to his military service.

The Board concluded that the May 2001, April 2002, and August 2002 rating decisions were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous in assigning an effective date of July 6, 1999, for service connection for PTSD, GERD, and hearing loss. An earlier effective date is precluded by law.

The Veteran's service connection for a right knee disability was granted, while the evaluations for bilateral tinnitus and degenerative disc disease (DDD) L4-5 with L4-5 radiculopathy were denied.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are service-connected due to in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, and the remaining issues are being remanded.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to service, but his depression and PTSD are not.

The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding the evidence is in relative equipoise regarding a nexus to military noise exposure.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Board vacated its previous decision and remanded the case to provide the veteran with a Travel Board or Video hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a left leg disability, bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus are not supported by the evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations or additional service-connected conditions.