Hearing loss Board decisions

The veteran's left ear hearing loss was granted as it first manifested during his period of active service, while right ear hearing loss was denied as it existed prior to service and was not aggravated by service.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss of the left ear as there was no evidence that it was incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor may a left ear hearing loss be presumed to have been so incurred.

The appeal is REMANDED to the RO for further development and adjudication of the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a left ear disorder other than hearing loss, stomach ulcer, and hepatitis C.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is etiologically related to his service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for varicose veins with a history of ligation, as there was no competent medical evidence showing that it was related to his service. The issue of bilateral hearing loss is being remanded for further development.

The veteran was granted a 50 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, but an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for hearing loss was denied.

The appeal is remanded to obtain an opinion from an Otolaryngologist (ENT physician) regarding the relationship between the veteran's hearing loss and chemotherapy treatment.

The veteran was denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, but tinnitus was found to have been incurred during active service.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disorder, right ear hearing loss disability, and left ear hearing loss disability. The claimant's headache disability was rated at 0 percent.

The veteran's initial disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the evidence did not support a compensable rating prior to November 21, 2006, and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent was also denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the evidence did not show a relationship between his current hearing loss and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, alcoholism, a lung disorder, dental trauma, a right knee disorder, and left ear hearing loss as the evidence did not support a medical nexus between these conditions and the veteran's period of active duty.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder disability, disabilities of the wrists and fingers, left foot disability, and bilateral hearing loss as there is no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's military service.

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

The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus were denied as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of an injury or disease, and medical evidence of a nexus between the current disabilities and the in-service noise exposure.

The veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability was not shown to be related to his service, and the evidence did not support a finding of chronicity or continuity of symptomatology.

The claim for service connection for a left ear disability is reopened, but the merits of the claim are remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability but denied increased ratings for the back and hearing loss disabilities.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as the evidence did not support higher disability evaluations.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss was incurred in service, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.