Hearing loss Board decisions

The veteran's right knee disability does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent, and the dysmenorrhea and uterine fibroids are rated at 30 percent.,The veteran has been granted an initial rating of 30 percent for dysmenorrhea and uterine fibroids, status post myomectomy.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a disability exhibited by left leg pain as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active military service.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no competent evidence or opinion suggesting a medical relationship between the veteran's current conditions and his active military or Air National Guard service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of blood poisoning, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic asthma as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his active military service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not show that the veteran's conditions were related to his military service.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and residuals of cold injury.

The veteran's PTSD symptoms are severe enough to warrant a 70 percent rating, but not a 100 percent rating. The evidence is insufficient to reopen the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a skin disorder.

The Board found clear and unmistakable error in the March 1974 administrative decision that the veteran's discharge was not a bar to VA benefits, and denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the character of discharge is a bar to VA benefits.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PTSD as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the veteran's military service.

The appeal is remanded for a new VA examination to assess the etiology of the veteran's current hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as they were not attributable to his military service.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for left leg/ankle swelling was withdrawn. The remaining claims were denied as there is no medical evidence of a causal link between the claimed conditions and any incident of service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was reopened based on new and material evidence, but the Board found that his current hearing loss is not related to his military service. The Board also denied service connection for tinnitus.

The veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis, hearing loss, eye disability, low back disability and neck disability are being remanded for further development.

The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the veteran has bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus etiologically related to active service.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) and bilateral hearing loss as they were not related to the veteran's active military service or secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the evidence did not support a compensable evaluation prior to January 6, 2006, or an evaluation in excess of 10 percent from that date.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypotension (claimed as vertigo), a low back disorder, and right shoulder disorder. The claim for psoriasis was granted.

The claim for an initial, compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded to obtain additional evidence.