Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2000

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and skin rash. The evidence submitted since the last denial was not considered new or material to these claims.

The Board found that the veteran's tinnitus was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to a lack of competent medical evidence linking his current conditions to his military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for defective hearing and tinnitus, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for defective hearing. The Board also found that there is no medical evidence linking current hearing loss or tinnitus to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and tinnitus are not well grounded. The evidence does not establish a nexus between current complaints of these conditions and an inservice disease or injury.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are not well-grounded. The case is being remanded to the RO for further development of evidence and determination of whether the claims should be considered well-grounded.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and spina bifida occulta (claimed as back pain sacralization of the fifth lumbar vertebra) due to a lack of well-grounded evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the veteran's tinnitus and service, including a lack of contact with Dr. T.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for his service-connected anxiety psychoneurosis and service connection for residuals of cerebral vascular accident, respiratory disorder, hearing loss, and tinnitus. The decision found that these conditions were not related to his service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen the claim for hearing loss and concluding that there was no competent medical evidence linking either condition to service.

The Board found that the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus were not well-grounded, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to military service or any other valid basis.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to noise exposure during his military service, thus granting service connection for both conditions.

The Board found no evidence of a current skin condition, tinnitus, or acquired psychiatric disorder (dysthymic disorder) related to service. The appellant's pes planus was not aggravated by service and is therefore not service-connected.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 70 percent disability rating, effective from December 1996. The veteran's PTSD is characterized by severe, periodic acute exacerbations with panic disorder, agoraphobia, and depression resulting in unemployability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and Meniere's disease are not service-connected. The RO denied these claims in December 1992 due to lack of evidence connecting them to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his military service, specifically noise exposure during active duty. The claims for service connection are granted.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of his substantive appeal, making the March 1994 rating decision final.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable rating for his hearing loss, as well as an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for tinnitus and right ear hearing loss, are denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for tinnitus, a chronic ear condition, sinusitis, and headaches due to lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and left ear hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support a plausible claim. The right ear hearing loss claim was previously denied in August 1990 and is considered final due to lack of appeal. No new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen this claim.