Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic ENT infections.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension are denied. The claim for a neck injury/disorder is granted with the reopening of the claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection or a compensable evaluation for his hearing loss conditions. The appeal is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, skin cancer, and bilateral knee disability, were not incurred or aggravated by his active service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for any of these conditions.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss does not warrant a compensable initial rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability are related to his active service, granting service connection for these conditions.

The VA has determined that the veteran's right ear hearing loss does not warrant a compensable rating under the applicable disability evaluation criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for service connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and granted service connection for PTSD, but denied his secondary service connection claims for hypertension, sleep apnea, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and a skin condition. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and provide VA examinations.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus did not begin during or as a result of his military service.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were denied as the conditions are rated at their highest level of 10 percent under applicable VA regulations.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the relationship between service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, requiring further clarification from the examiner.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss was found to be presumptively service-connected due to noise exposure during active duty.

The VA determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss did not warrant a compensable rating at any point during the appeal period.

The veteran's claim for higher ratings for his service-connected bilateral hearing loss has been denied. The initial noncompensable rating from May 11, 2004 to December 1, 2005 is denied and the current ten percent rating from December 2, 2005 is also denied.

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

The veteran has withdrawn his appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. As a result, the Board does not have jurisdiction to consider these matters.

The Board found that the veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus were not related to his military service, including a diving incident in November 1973. The VA examinations did not support a connection between these conditions and service.

The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss. The case is remanded to the RO to adjudicate the issue of entitlement to a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The VA has determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating at any time during the period under consideration.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss pre-existed his military service and was not aggravated by any incident of service. Therefore, it denied the claim for service connection.