Hearing loss Board decisions

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for back, left knee, and right knee disorders due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death, and no service connection is granted for any of the claimed conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus because new evidence did not provide a nexus relationship between his disabilities and service.

The Veteran's residuals of left ear tympanic membrane perforation are related to his active service.,The Veteran does not have a current hearing loss disability for VA purposes.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were dismissed due to procedural defects in the AMA docketing process.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The Board finds that the AOJ should have scheduled a new VA examination and obtained a medical opinion regarding the etiology of his bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for chronic fatigue syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and migraine headaches, as well as multiple painful joints in the back, hands, ankles, and feet.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied, while his claim for tinnitus is granted.

The Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus have been rated based on their severity, with no higher ratings available. The Board is remanding the claims for MS and its associated manifestations.,Service connection has been established for MS, but separate ratings are needed due to multiple disabilities resulting from the condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression and anxiety), a stomach disorder (to include GERD), a leg disorder, a lumbar spine disorder, a cervical spine disorder, a right ankle disorder, a left ankle disorder, a right hip/thigh disorder, a left hip/thigh disorder, a right knee disorder, and a left knee disorder for further development.,The Board found that the Veteran's hearing loss does not meet VA criteria for service connection due to lack of evidence of current disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for chronic back pain, depression, left knee pain, right knee pain, anxiety, and bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated during his periods of active duty training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty training (INACDUTRA).

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss disability, and the Board dismissed it.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted, as the evidence supports a finding that his tinnitus began during active service or is related to an in-service injury. The claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss is denied, as there is no persuasive evidence showing it began during service or is related to an in-service injury.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection as it is not attributable to intercurrent causes.,Service connection for right ear hearing loss was denied due to lack of evidence showing the condition during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.,Left ear hearing loss has been rated at 0 percent, and an extraschedular rating was denied.,Allergic rhinitis is currently rated as noncompensable. The Veteran's symptoms include sinus congestion and allergies.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to noise exposure during service, including considering a delayed onset of hearing loss.

The Board has granted service connection for migraines headaches and tinnitus, finding that the appellant's current diagnoses are related to her military service.,Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for schizoaffective disorder, tinnitus, left hip strain and snappy hip syndrome with painful motion, and bilateral hearing loss have been denied. The current disability rating for schizoaffective disorder is 70 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied claims for hammertoe deformities of the feet, flat feet, hallux rigidus/limitus, hallux valgus, right hip disability, left hip disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, and cervical spine disability. The Veteran's laceration scar on his forearm was granted an initial 10% rating effective May 11, 2018.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.