Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2000

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of current vertigo or tinnitus disabilities. The cervical sprain was rated as 10 percent disabling.

The Board found no competent evidence to support the veteran's claims of current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to service, thus denying service connection for these conditions.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as PTSD. The evidence shows that his current disabilities are related to in-service noise exposure during World War II.

The veteran's tinnitus was found to have been incurred in service, and his claim for post-traumatic stress disorder is granted. The VA will attempt to obtain records of the veteran's service in Vietnam.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral foot fungus, and bilateral cataracts. The claim for reopening of a claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was also denied as no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The veteran has been granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, with the conditions found to be directly related to noise exposure during active military service.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from engaging in employment consistent with his education and occupational experience, thus denying a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.

The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of tinnitus was denied. The RO found that the veteran is already receiving the maximum schedular evaluation for his condition.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, and granted a rating of 20 percent for limitation of motion of the lumbar spine. The veteran's claim was not well-grounded for these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral defective hearing and tinnitus, finding that there was no medical evidence relating these conditions to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and an increased evaluation for his perforated tympanic membrane, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for Meniere's disease, effective from the date of the decision. The veteran's low back strain is rated at 20 percent.

The Board found that the appellant's left-ear defective hearing is related to in-service noise exposure. However, it did not establish service connection for right-ear defective hearing, tinnitus, a back disorder, dizziness and blackouts, weakness of the right arm and leg, rash of the feet, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the right leg (including a neural sheath tumor).

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral defective hearing and tinnitus as they are not well-grounded due to a lack of medical evidence relating these conditions to service.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were not well-grounded based on lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to active service.

The VA has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus cannot be granted as there is no evidence to support a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and a higher rating for her right knee disorder are both granted. She is now rated at 20% for her right knee disorder.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated at 10 percent prior to June 10, 1999 and 20 percent from that date. Tinnitus is rated at 10 percent since June 10, 1999. Serous otitis media is rated at 10 percent.,The veteran's conditions do not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable rating schedule.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury, including headaches, dizziness, and vertigo, as well as for tinnitus, are not well-grounded because there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his period of active service.,For the issue of service connection for iritis and uveitis, the Board found that the veteran's claim was plausible but did not address whether it was well-grounded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than January 6, 1992, for the grant of service connection and a compensable evaluation for tinnitus.