Hearing loss — all decisions

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected asthma and direct service connection for asthma. The claim for left ear hearing loss was remanded.

The Board grants service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and back disability but granted a TDIU. Several service connection claims were remanded.

The Board remands the case for further development and verification of any additional periods of active duty, ACDUTRA, or INACDUTRA.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and right knee ankylosis due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, as the Veteran does not have a current disability for VA purposes. The claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and thoracolumbar spine condition were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as additional evidence must be obtained.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for left and right knee strains, granted separate 10 percent ratings for painful, noncompensable limitation of flexion of the knees, granted service connection for back condition and related radiculopathies, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right shoulder condition.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, chronic heart failure as secondary to atrial fibrillation, and bilateral hearing loss.

The appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no evidence of these conditions during the appellant's period of ACDUTRA, and the current conditions were not related to his military noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his conceded in-service hazardous noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, a right knee disability, and a low back disability but denied the claims for an earlier effective date for hypertension and distal lateral surgical scar of the right long finger, depression, bilateral hearing loss, and a right elbow disability. The Veteran was also granted an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act, denied service connection for inguinal hernia and an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, and remanded claims for service connection for GERD, alternating constipation and diarrhea, and hypertension on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act.

The Board denied service connection for lung cancer and remanded the claims for sleep apnea and bilateral hearing loss for further development.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding a chronicity of symptomatology and a presumptive link to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance, finding no evidence that he required such assistance prior to September 21, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder, bilateral tinnitus, and right ear hearing loss, while denying service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability but dismissed the appeals for service connection for a skin disorder and bilateral hearing loss.