Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board determined that a 10 percent evaluation was warranted for bilateral hearing loss with otosclerosis, effective November 1993.

The Board found no competent evidence linking the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss to his service, and thus denied the claim.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a claim of service connection for tinnitus was also denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied, but his service connection claim for primary lateral sclerosis is granted.

The Board found that the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left ankle fracture, hearing loss and tinnitus are not well grounded.

The VA determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss does not warrant an increased evaluation, as his current disability level is noncompensable.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and postoperative residuals of a ganglion cyst of the right foot. The claim for an effective date prior to December 14, 1995, for PTSD was also denied as there is no evidence showing that the veteran intended to apply for service connection at that time.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted a 20 percent rating for residuals of shell fragment wounds to the right shoulder, arm, and chest. The veteran's hearing loss was not related to his military service, but his current disabilities are considered well-grounded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of hepatitis, and disabilities secondary to herbicide and asbestos exposure are denied as not well grounded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are related to service and have granted service connection for chronic lumbar spine strain, chronic dorsal strain, residuals of right knee sprain, and tinnitus. Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of malaria, left shoulder injury, and left eye injury are not well-grounded. The evidence does not support a finding of inservice incurrence or a link between current disabilities and service.

The Board found no medical evidence to support the claim for service connection for hearing loss, and denied it. The case was remanded for a VA examination of the right shoulder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there was no well-grounded evidence to support these claims.

The Board found no evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current conditions and service, including exposure to ionizing radiation. Therefore, the claims for service connection were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and an increased rating for PTSD, as well as his claim for a higher initial rating for Morton's neuroma of the left foot. The veteran's PTSD is characterized by impairment in concentration, memory, irritability, and depressed mood, but does not render his disability picture unusual or exceptional.

The Board found no evidence of a current disability meeting the definition of hearing loss for VA purposes, and thus denied the claim of service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and back disability, finding that new evidence did not reopen his claim for hearing loss and that there was no nexus between his current back disability and his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The veteran's left ear hearing loss is currently manifested by a pure tone average threshold of 40 decibels at 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 and 4,000 Hertz. The Board found that this level does not warrant assignment of a compensable evaluation under the Schedule.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's current right ear hearing loss to his military service, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus was not well-grounded and denied it. For his increased rating claim for bilateral hearing loss, the evidence showed current disability but did not establish a nexus between the condition and service.