BVA Decisions on Hearing Loss

118 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving hearing loss — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 11-2349 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2011-06-22
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellant III ,appeals through counsel a June 22, 2011,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1)determined new and material evidence had not been rece...
• CAVCCase 23-6651 — Affirmed 2024-08-21
  In the October 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to benefits for degenerative arthritis;lumbosacral disc degeneration with herniated disc and moderate stenosis a...
• CAVCCase 18-1103 — Vacated / Remanded 2018-01-18
  The examiner also noted that the appellant had described the severity of his PTSD as mild,but the examiner gave the appellant the benefit of the doubt that his symptoms wax and wan...
• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1999-02-11
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 20-2118 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-02-04
  VA also obtained a thyroid examination;the VA examiner noted that the appellant was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2009 and opined that the condition was not related to the nonst...
• CAVCCase 22-4960 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2022-04-27
  The next month, another audiologist provided a negative nexus opinion....
• CAVCCase 14-1330 — Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-01
  Regarding VA's duty to assist,the Board found the March 2012 audiological examination adequate to enable the Board to make an informed decision on the claims,noting that the examin...
• CAVCCase 11-0325 — Affirmed 2011-01-03
  The appellant appears to argue that the Board's determinations that he was not entitled to VA benefits for a left knee disability,sling palsy,and trauma to the left side of the wai...
• CAVCCase 19-2504 — Unknown 2018-12-18
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a December 18,2018,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a neck condition and bilatera...
• CAVCCase 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated 2010-04-05
  , through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
• CAVCCase 22-1946 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-09-16
  VA advised him that the claim was previously denied in February 1981 and that he needed to submit new and material evidence to reopen it....
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-12-27
  In the December 27,2013,decision on appeal,the Board denied disability compensation for migraine headaches,a central nervous system disability manifested by dizziness,bilateral hea...
• CAVCCase 21-3714 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-12
  In his brief,the appellant argued that the Board erred in relying on a medical opinion premised on medical treatises,without addressing the probative value of the opinion in light ...
• CAVCCase 13-0540 — Vacated / Remanded 2015-02-09
  On appeal,the appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for rejecting his testimony concerning the continuity of his symptoms af...
• CAVCCase 22-6596 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-11-17
  The appellant , through counsel appeals a November 17,2021, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision denying disability compensation for bilateral hearing loss and determining tha...
• CAVCCase 22-3160 — Affirmed 2022-02-03
  In an April 2019 decision, the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than August 17,2011,for the grant of TDIU for accrued-benefits purposes....
• CAVCCase 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated 1953-07-25
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a May 7, 2008,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for bila...
• CAVCCase 10-1922 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed 2010-05-26
  Because the Secretary concedes,and the Court agrees, that the Board provided inadequate reasons or bases for its determination that new and material evidence had not been received,...
• CAVCCase 22-7547 — Affirmed 2022-11-29
  There must be a nexus of auditory damage to relate current hearing loss to military noise and not another etiology....
• CAVCCase 23-4685 — Unknown 2023-06-13
  The appellant's hearing loss was less likely than not related to his military service....
• CAVCCase 17-3373 — Affirmed 2017-07-21
  The Board found that service connection was not warranted because the appellant did not exhibit a bilateral hearing loss disability for VA purposes....
• CAVCCase 94-0927 — Affirmed / Reversed 1992-02-21
  As was the case in Ramey, the BVA decision here was issued prior to the Combee opinion, and the BVA failed to address the question of direct service connection....
• CAVCCase 22-4895 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-07-11
  A VA examiner in October 2013 concluded that the appellant's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was less likely than not related to service....
• CAVCCase 21-7788 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-08-13
  The RO also denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and explained that the evidence submitted in connection with the current cla...
• CAVCCase 18-1440 — Affirmed 2017-11-28
  The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
• CAVCCase 18-4571 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 1992-08-24
  The Board also determined that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen previously denied claims for benefits for right ear hearing loss and...
• CAVCCase 23-527 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-07-31
  A separate medical opinion completed by the same psychologist provided a negative nexus and stated that the [e]xaminer sees no evidence of [m]emory [l]oss....
• CAVCCase 03-0221 — Affirmed / Remanded 2002-10-07
  The appellant's request for revision on the basis that the 1971 Board failed to consider the possible application of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (...
• CAVCCase 16-3963 — Affirmed 2016-09-30
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellantthrough counsel,appeals a September 30,2016 Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied a disability compensation claim for a ...
• CAVCCase 90-0818 — Unknown 1995-04-12
  In a July 1988 decision, the RO determined that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim because no medical records had shown a right-leg injury ...
• CAVCCase 24-2877 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-05-23
  The appellant underwent a VA examination for artery and vein conditions in May 2023; the examiner opined that there was no pathology to warrant an upper extremity PVD diagnosis;he ...
• CAVCCase 12-2012 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2012-02-29
  The appellant averred that the veteran submitted new and material evidence within the one-year appeal period and that VA had failed to adjudicate the claim on the merits....
• CAVCCase 20-1421 — Affirmed 2019-10-30
  After reviewing the February 2018 examination,the Board denied the appellant service connection for his conditions based on a lack of nexus between the disabilities and service....
• CAVCCase 22-411 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-09-26
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a September 26,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)a lumbar spine disability;...
• CAVCCase 14-2165 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2014-06-24
  The appellant appeals a June 24,2014,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision wherein the Board determined that the character of his discharge from his period of service from Marc...
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 13-1245 — Vacated / Reversed / Remanded 2015-11-18
  Specifically,the Board found that the October 1973 RO decision became final when the RO denied the substance of the hearing loss claim in September 2003 and the veteran failed to a...
• CAVCCase 15-2247 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-05-14
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel a May 14, 2015,decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)that,among other things, denied service connection for a back disability aft...
• CAVCCase 24-1222 — Affirmed 2025-06-05
  At a VA audiological examination the following month,the examiner rendered a negative nexus opinion....
• CAVCCase 23-3920 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-09-24
  The RO and the Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the back claim....
• CAVCCase 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-02
  The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
• CAVCCase 09-3727 — Affirmed 2009-06-10
  Lay Testimony The appellant argues that the Board failed to consider credible lay evidence with regard to his service-connection claims for left knee disability,depression,back pai...
• CAVCCase 21-4626 — Affirmed 2021-05-04
  The appellant's conditions were not related to either his chemical exposure or service in any way because carpal tunnel has nothing to do with external occupational exposures....
• CAVCCase 21-5427 — Unknown 2021-07-15
  The veteran appealed to the Board,and in a March 2006 decision,the Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss....
• CAVCCase 12-2187 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-21
  The appellant's current hearing loss was less likely as not related to or caused by in-service noise exposure....
• CAVCCase 14-0783 — Affirmed 2013-11-15
  The examiner's rationale concludes: Thus there is no nexus or medical evidence of chronic left knee pain that was continuous after the veteran left the service....
• CAVCCase 23-0107 — Unknown 2022-11-21
  And the Board recognized that the veteran was competent to report his symptoms and to report,years after separation, when he was diagnosed with arthritis,but the Board found that t...
• CAVCCase 21-3036 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-02-02
  On February 2,2021,the Board denied a rating in excess of 20%for the back disability, including a separate rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy prior to August 1...
• CAVCCase 19-9098 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2019-09-24
  VA afforded the appellant a medical examination in May 2011;the examiner opined that the appellant's history of noise exposure has no bearing on the diagnosis of Menier[e]'s diseas...
• CAVCCase 22-0257 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-11-26
  On November 26,2021,the Board found that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for disability compensation for tinnitus and erect...
• CAVCCase 24-0638 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-03-24
  The appellant argues that the Board erred by (1)failing to address favorable evidence and to lay a proper foundation for denying service connection for tinnitus;(2)failing to discu...
• CAVCCase 22-7345 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-11-03
  The examiner opined that the veteran's sleep apnea was not related to any type of [G]ulf [W]ar exposure event and that the condition was more likely caused by obesity....
• CAVCCase 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2007-02-01
  Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
• CAVCCase 17-4733 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-17
  The appellant ,through counsel,appeals an August 17,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for the appellant's post-traumatic ...
• CAVCCase 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
• CAVCCase 03-2135 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2003-08-19
  innitus (a noise in the ears such as ringing, buzzing, roaring, or clicking), and (3) found that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen his service- connection b...
• CAVCCase 09-3224 — Affirmed 2009-04-30
  [name redacted] was not entitled to benefits for bilateral hearing loss was not clearly erroneous;because the September 2003 VA medical examination,including the November 2003 addendum,wa...
• CAVCCase 21-0372 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-10-07
  Also,in denying a higher rating for coronary artery disease,the Board noted that the appellant's reporting of his symptoms is credible....
• CAVCCase 21-4066 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-05-22
  In the May 2021 decision here on appeal, the Board denied the appellant....
• CAVCCase 22-7103 — Unknown 2022-09-20
  The VA treatment provider who evaluated him submitted nexus letters dated in March 2016....
• CAVCCase 21-8248 — Unknown 2021-12-01
  In a July 2017 rating decision,the RO declined to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder,claimed as nerves, depression,anxiety,and post-trauma...
• CAVCCase 13-0949 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-02-28
  Although most of his service medical records (SMRs)were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the 1 The Board also remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence had been received...
• CAVCCase 24-0052 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-07-09
  The appellant argues that the Board erred by relying on June 2022 and January 2023 medical opinions,which were inadequate because the examiners did not address his lay statements r...
• CAVCCase 95-232 — Reversed 1996-10-01
  An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
• CAVCCase 12-3354 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-09-25
  In the September 2012 decision on appeal�discussed in greater detail below�the Board denied (1)a request to reopen a claim for compensation under 38 U....
• CAVCCase 14-4007 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-10-10
  Among other things,the Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation for bilateral cervical radiculopathy,dry eye syndrome,and a left knee disorder (other than sh...
• CAVCCase 11-3455 — Vacated 2004-03-30
  The Board found that an examination with respect to the issue of sleep apnea is not necessary, because there is no competent and credible evidence that the Veteran had sleep apnea ...
• CAVCCase 24-6361 — Dismissed 2026-01-06
  The Board noted that the RO had not afforded the veteran a medical examination to determine whether his bilateral hand osteoarthritis was related to service,but the Board found no ...
• CAVCCase 09-1567 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2009-02-28
  The Court concludes that the Board erred in referring, rather than remanding or adjudicating the dental claim....
• CAVCCase 23-4293 — Remanded / Vacated 2024-08-09
  In April 2023,the appellant requested another 60-day extension of time,until July 4, 2023,to submit evidence and argument,but the Board denied the request later that month,finding ...
• CAVCCase 20-7943 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-07-24
  Many of these conditions couldbe service connected on a presumptive,direct,or secondary basis upon demonstration that the veteran served in Vietnam � but the Board failed to adequa...
• CAVCCase 13-1865 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2013-05-22
  In the second decision on appeal (Decision 2),the Board denied the appellant....
• CAVCCase 13-3414 — Affirmed 2013-09-19
  SCHOELEN, Judge :The pro se the appellant , appeals a September 19,2013, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for disability compensation ...
• CAVCCase 13-2506 — Remanded / Affirmed 2013-07-03
  The appellant,through counsel,appeals a July 3, 2013,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for disability compensation for tinnitus,hearin...
• CAVCCase 08-2682 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2008-05-16
  In the decision here on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD, bilateral flat feet,a left ankle condition,right ear hearing loss,and tinnitus because i...
• CAVCCase 07-1599 — Affirmed 2007-05-08
  The appellant does not present any argument concerning the Board's determination that no new and material evidence had been received sufficient to reopen his claims for service con...
• CAVCCase 21-5726 — Unknown 2021-06-01
  1 Appellant asks the Court to reverse the Board�s finding that VA satisfied its duty to assist....
• CAVCCase 23-3526 — Unknown 2024-09-25
  at 32,398-405,and in a June 2020 decision,the Board denied a disability rating higher than 10% for tinnitus,R....
• CAVCCase 07-3060 — Unknown 2010-03-25
  The principal issue before the Court is whether VA fulfilled its duty to assist by obtaining two VA medical examinations in which the examiners concluded that they were unable to r...