Hearing loss Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination regarding his vestibular schwannoma, including treatment records from private providers through VA community care programs and a VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, gastritis, and right and left back sacroiliitis were denied. The Veteran was granted service connection for tinnitus and chronic headaches.,Service connection was not established for the claimed conditions due to lack of current disability evidence.

The Veteran's petition to readjudicate claims for PTSD and bilateral hearing loss is granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is denied.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The AOJ is required to consider these issues on their merits.

The Veteran's right ear hearing loss disability is granted as service-connected due to in-service noise exposure. The lumbar spine and right knee disabilities are remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied. The March 2016 rating decision assigned a 10% disability rating for thoracic kyphosis, but did not address the secondary service connection claims.

Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss and low back disability. Service connection is denied for prostate disability, erectile dysfunction, colon cancer surgery, multi-joint arthritis, left shoulder disability, and right shoulder disability.,The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded to correct an error in satisfying a regulatory duty.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for kidney stones, including residual(s) of kidney stones, was not reopened due to lack of new and relevant evidence.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was not reopened due to lack of new and relevant evidence.,The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied as there is no evidence of VA-recognized hearing loss during the pendency of the claim.,The Veteran's claim for type II diabetes mellitus was denied as there is no evidence that it began during service or is related to an in-service injury or disease.,The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied as there is no evidence of a current psychiatric disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, PTSD, nephrolithiasis, bilateral hearing loss, and hemorrhoids due to a lack of adequate examination opinions regarding service connection. The PACT Act requires VA to provide an examination or obtain a medical opinion when a Veteran has qualifying toxic exposure during service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, hair loss, and keloids were denied. The Board found no current hearing loss disability for VA compensation purposes and dismissed the claim for hair loss and keloids due to concurrent election issues.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability was found to be at Level II in the right ear and Level III in the left ear, resulting in a noncompensable rating. The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, obstructive sleep apnea, and shortness of breath due to new evidence presented after the December 2016 rating decision. The AOJ is also required to obtain a toxic exposure risk activity medical opinion regarding the Veteran's exposure during active duty.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between his current diagnosis and military service.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, heart condition, DMII, nephropathy, prostate cancer, skin cancer, gallbladder condition, arthritis, and hypertension are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's service connection claim for left ear sensorineural hearing loss was denied. For hypertension, a higher initial disability rating of 10 percent but no higher was granted from August 10, 2022. The claim for right ear hearing loss resulted in denial with a noncompensable (0%) initial disability rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been dismissed. The Board has remanded several issues, including bilateral sinus condition, right hip disability, left hip disability, bilateral eye condition, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee disability, and compensable rating for hemorrhoids.

The Veteran's initial claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the audiometric evaluations did not show more severe hearing loss thresholds.

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is rated as noncompensable, with no worse than Level I hearing impairment. The Board denied a compensable rating for the condition.