38 CFR 3.385 : Pensions, Bonuses, And Veterans' Relief (§ 0.600 To Parts 201-299) — (§ 0.600 To § 17.3130) — Department Of Veterans Affairs (§ 0.600 To § 17.3130) — Adjudication (§ 3.1 To § 3.2600) — Pension, Compensation, And Dependency And Indemnity Compensation (§ 3.1 To § 3.1010) — Rating Considerations Relative To Specific Diseases (§ 3.370 To § 3.385) — Disability due to impaired hearing.

For the purposes of applying the laws administered by VA, impaired hearing will be considered to be a disability when the auditory threshold in any of the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 Hertz is 40 decibels or greater; or when the auditory thresholds for at least three of the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, or 4000 Hertz are 26 decibels or greater; or when speech recognition scores using the Maryland CNC Test are less than 94 percent.