
Hearing Loss VA Rating Guide and Evidence Checklist
Learn how hearing loss VA rating decisions use audiology test results, why ratings run low, and what evidence helps separate hearing loss from tinnitus.

Learn how hearing loss VA rating decisions use audiology test results, why ratings run low, and what evidence helps separate hearing loss from tinnitus.

Learn how VA may rate insomnia, how it differs from sleep apnea and PTSD sleep issues, and what evidence to organize before filing.

Learn how sinusitis VA rating criteria work, what evidence matters, and how PACT Act veterans can document chronic sinus problems.

Learn how VA rates IBS, what evidence supports 10, 20, or 30 percent, and how Gulf War or secondary claims can fit your strategy.

Learn how a knee pain VA rating considers motion, instability, flare-ups, and evidence gaps, plus what to review after a low rating or denial.

Learn how chronic fatigue syndrome VA rating decisions weigh symptoms, activity limits, medical records, DBQs, nexus support, and lay evidence.

Learn how VA rates anxiety, what symptoms matter, and how to document worsening anxiety for a VA disability increase claim.

Learn how VA rates migraines, what prostrating attacks mean, and how frequency, work impact, and evidence support an increase.

Learn the tinnitus VA rating limit, evidence needed for service connection, and when secondary claims may support a higher combined rating.

Learn how VA rates sleep apnea, what CPAP evidence matters, and how veterans can build stronger increase or secondary claim evidence.