Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA audiological examination to determine if the veteran's current right ear hearing loss disability is related to his active duty service.

The VA determined that the veteran's current bilateral hearing disability is not related to his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's left ear hearing loss did not have a direct link to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of a statement of the case.

The VA determined that the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss is not related to his active military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's previously denied claims for service connection for a low back disability, bilateral hearing loss, and residuals of a right leg injury.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the veteran's current conditions are not related to his active military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) and hearing loss, right ear. The veteran was not granted any of his appeals.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right knee disability, concluding that his current conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence linking his current hearing loss to military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are not related to his military service, and therefore denied his claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of right ear hearing loss or a chronic disability of the thoracic spine. The left foot nerve pain (idiopathic flexure tendon contracture and associative non-malignant soft tissue mass) was not demonstrated in service and is not shown to be related to any in-service occurrence or event.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and found that new evidence received since the 1981 denial supports reopening the claim. However, the Board determined that there is no current disability of bilateral hearing loss related to active duty service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed low back disability, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus are not service-connected as there is no credible evidence to support the occurrence of the claimed in-service stressors for PTSD. The veteran's current diagnoses of these conditions do not meet the criteria for direct service connection.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, residuals of a disability manifested by passing out during physical training, osteoarthritis of the right knee, and osteoarthritis of the right ankle have been denied. Service connection was granted for hypertension.

The Board has denied service connection for chronic conjunctivitis, hearing loss of the left ear, and systemic lupus erythematosus. The case is being remanded to determine if a VA examination is needed to assess the current status of the veteran's tinea pedis.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and depression, but granted service connection for right ear hearing loss. The veteran's right ear hearing loss is related to acoustic trauma in service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are not related to his active duty service, and thus denied both claims.

The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence showing the veteran has any of the claimed conditions, and thus service connection cannot be granted for hepatitis B, diabetes mellitus, swine flu virus, gout, or hearing loss.

The VA audiological examinations revealed that the veteran's hearing loss disability has improved, with better speech recognition scores and lower puretone thresholds. As a result, his current evaluation for bilateral hearing loss remains at noncompensable.