VA Nexus Evaluations for Hearing Loss & Tinnitus
The VA approves claims on evidence: specific testing, the right language, and a medical opinion that connects your condition to your service. At LA Hearing Diagnostics, Dr. Laura Mount, Au.D., CCC-A performs the VA-standard testing and the Nexus evaluation that supports your claim.
Re-evaluations after a prior decision are welcome. Remote appointments available across California & Nevada.
The Key Document
What is a Nexus evaluation?
To approve a hearing or tinnitus claim, the VA looks for a licensed expert to state — in the VA's own language — that your condition is "at least as likely as not" connected to your military service, backed by the right diagnostics. That medical opinion is called a Nexus letter, and the testing and review behind it is the Nexus evaluation.
Tinnitus has no scan and no blood test, so the quality of the evidence is everything. A thorough, correctly documented evaluation gives the VA what it needs to fairly decide your claim.
Built For This
Veteran claim evaluations are part of what we do.
We're not a hearing-aid shop that dabbles in veterans' paperwork. Documenting hearing and tinnitus claims is a core service at LA Hearing Diagnostics — led by a doctor of audiology who understands the VA's evidentiary standard.
Dr. Mount is a doctor of audiology with more than 20 years of clinical experience across California and Nevada. She performs Nexus evaluations and C&P evaluations for veterans, along with comprehensive audiometric testing and tinnitus consultations — and she leads veteran insurance benefit claim evaluations at LA Hearing Diagnostics, including for veterans whose claims were previously denied.
VA-standard diagnostic testing
Comprehensive hearing and tinnitus evaluations structured specifically to support a VA claim — not a routine hearing check.
Nexus evaluations & letters
"At least as likely as not" — the medical opinion that connects your condition to your service, in the language the VA uses.
A doctor who does this every week
Dr. Laura Mount, Au.D., CCC-A has performed Nexus and C&P evaluations for veterans throughout her career across California and Nevada.
Support after a prior decision
If your claim was previously denied or rated lower than expected, re-evaluations are a routine part of what we do.
The Anchor Claim
One approval can unlock everything that comes after it.
Here's what the savviest veterans know — and what makes getting this one claim right so important.
A service-connected hearing or tinnitus rating is what's called an "anchor claim." Once it's approved, it becomes the foundation other conditions attach to. The ringing that keeps you up for days, the anxiety, the depression, the sleep loss — once tinnitus is on the books as service-connected, those secondary conditions can be legitimately linked and added to your rating.
That's why getting this one anchor claim documented correctly matters so much. A service-connected rating can also bring access to VA health care for the condition. Document the anchor well, and you open the door to the benefits you actually earned.
How It Works
Three steps. We do the heavy lifting.
Claim Review
Tell us what you're experiencing and where your claim stands. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.
Testing + Your Nexus Evaluation
Dr. Mount performs VA-standard diagnostics and prepares the medical opinion that ties your condition to your service. In person or remote.
You Submit with Confidence
You walk in with thorough testing and clear medical documentation — the evidence a strong claim is built on.
Who We Help
You're in the right place if…
- You're filing a VA claim for hearing loss or tinnitus and need testing and documentation.
- Your claim was previously denied and you'd like a re-evaluation.
- You received a rating you believe understates your condition.
- You have ringing, muffled hearing, or trouble in conversations and haven't filed yet.
- You were exposed to gunfire, aircraft, artillery, or heavy machinery in service.
If you served and your ears paid for it, you earned this. Let's document it properly.
You already paid for this with your service.
The only question is whether it's documented correctly. The conversation is honest — and if we don't think we can help, we'll tell you straight.
Serving veterans across California & Nevada — in person and remote.