Hearing loss Board decisions

The veteran's combined disability due to service-connected low back and hearing loss disabilities does not warrant the assignment of a TDIU, as his disabilities do not preclude him from holding all types of substantially gainful occupations.

The Board determined that the veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus were not related to his active duty service.

The veteran was granted a 30 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, effective from the date of service connection.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating to 70 percent for PTSD was granted, while the claims for service connection and reopening of hypertension, heart condition, and bilateral hearing loss were denied.

The veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating due to total occupational and social impairment.

The appeal is remanded for a Travel Board hearing at the RO before a Veterans Law Judge of the Board.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD does not meet the criteria for a higher initial disability rating, and bilateral hearing loss was not incurred in or aggravated by active duty service.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for Meniere's disease and TDIU, and the Board found no competent evidence linking the current hearing loss and tinnitus to military service.

The veteran's left ear hearing loss was found to not warrant a compensable rating as the evidence did not show that it caused marked interference with employment beyond what is contemplated in the assigned noncompensable rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, residuals of a shrapnel wound of the left upper back, a left arm disability, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with asthma, bilateral hearing loss, and heart disease were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as the law is dispositive of the matter.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as his claim for an increased rating for eustachian tube dysfunction, were denied by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than December 4, 2006, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as it was not factually ascertainable prior to that date that the criteria for a 100 percent rating were met.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the veteran's credible testimony and documentation of right ear ringing in 1965.

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

The veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss was rated at 10 percent prior to May 4, 2006, and increased to 20 percent effective from that date. The claim for dizziness/vertigo as secondary to the hearing loss was denied, as were the claims for TDIU.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability was determined to be related to service, while his right knee disability was not.

The veteran was denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss from February 26, 2005 to July 17, 2008, and a rating higher than 20 percent as of July 18, 2008.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as there was no medical evidence or competent opinion linking a cardiovascular disease to any incident of service and no evidence that diabetes played a causative role in his death.