Hearing loss Board decisions

The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and pes planus (flat feet) were denied as there was no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of a relationship between these conditions and his military service.

The Board found that the reduction of the rating assigned for the veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability from 60 percent to 50 percent, effective July 6, 2006, was proper and a higher rating is not warranted.

The veteran's herpes zoster began in active service and caused a recurrent infection to occur in August 2000.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for bilateral ear disability and denied service connection for tinnitus. The veteran was also denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran has been granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of the evidence and readjudication of the claim.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for severance of service connection for recurrent headaches, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and thoracic spinal cord damage to the RO for further development.

The veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss disability was remanded for a new VA audiological evaluation to determine the current severity of the service-connected disability.

The veteran's lumbar spondylosis with degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 was rated as 40% disabling beginning July 22, 2007. The left ear hearing loss was determined to be aggravated by service.

The Board denied service connection for right ear and left ear hearing loss as the conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for otitis media with bilateral hearing loss prior to December 1, 2007, and from that date, the veteran is not shown to have a compensable rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's initial, compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cold injuries to both feet, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, do not preclude him from securing or following all forms of substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the competent medical evidence did not suggest that his pre-existing condition worsened during military service.

The Board found that the veteran's right ear hearing loss was not causally related to his active service or any incident therein.

The veteran's right and left hip, low back, and right shoulder disabilities do not meet the criteria for higher initial ratings. Bilateral hearing loss was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.