Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have any of the claimed conditions and therefore, service connection is denied for all issues.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury and hearing loss, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the latter claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have hearing loss attributable to his period of military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss is currently rated as noncompensable, and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability of bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus, and therefore service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hearing loss in both ears did not occur or worsen during service and is not related to any service-connected condition, thus denying her claims for service connection.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied as there is no evidence of a prior informal or formal claim before March 12, 1998.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss warrants a 20% disability rating, effective from March 30, 2005.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary prior to completion of its appellate review for the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The case is remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) in Washington, DC.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to fully and fairly consider the appellant's claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of a back injury, and hypertension. The appellant needs to provide records from his periods of active duty for training, including those related to his 1964 and 1965 surgeries, post-service injuries, worker's compensation claim, and Social Security Administration disability benefits.

The Board finds that the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus are related to noise exposure experienced during active service, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the veteran. Service connection is granted for these conditions.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to new and material evidence submitted since the last denial in November 1970. The veteran currently has bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability, which he asserts was present shortly after service.

The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for service-connected otitis media/externa, effective December 27, 2002. The veteran's hearing loss disability claim is denied.

The VA has granted increased disability evaluations for the veteran's bilateral hearing loss and bilateral pes planus, with a rating of 10 percent each.

The VA has determined that the veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss does not warrant a compensable evaluation, and thus denied his claim for an initial compensable rating.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence did not establish a link to military service or any other condition.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss was not incurred in or due to active service and may not be presumed. The evidence did not support a conclusion that his hearing loss is causally related to his military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to June 24, 2002 and a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss beginning June 24, 2002.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence of hearing loss during or within one year after service and concluding that current hearing loss is not related to military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as there is no evidence of their onset or development during active duty. The Board also found that the veteran did not serve in Vietnam and thus could not establish presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.