Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2000

The Board denied claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of a head injury. The claim for psychiatric disability was also denied as not well-grounded.

The Board denied service connection for a right eye disorder and all other issues related to the veteran's disabilities. The effective date of the grant of service connection for sling palsy of the right hand was not established.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there was no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's tinnitus is service-connected due to in-service noise exposure. The remaining claims for service connection are not well-grounded as there is no evidence of current disabilities or a link between any claimed conditions and service.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for nicotine dependence, sinusitis and bronchitis due to cigarette smoking, bilateral hearing loss disability, and bilateral tinnitus as his claims were not well-grounded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and an undiagnosed illness, finding no current evidence of a hearing loss disability. The claim for an undiagnosed illness was not well-grounded due to lack of medical evidence showing signs or symptoms of such an illness.

The veteran's application for RH insurance was denied because it was not received within one year of the last notice of service connection for disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a low back disorder, an adjustment disorder, PTSD, tinnitus, and right ear hearing loss. The evidence did not support these claims.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, residuals of a left wrist strain, bursitis of the right knee, and residuals of a right ankle sprain as his claims are not well grounded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus and right ear hearing loss, finding that the current assigned ratings were the highest warranted.

The Board has determined that the appellant did not file an adequate substantive appeal regarding his claims for service connection and nonservice-connected pension purposes. As a result, these issues are dismissed.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus are not well grounded. The evidence does not establish an in-service injury or event, nor a current disability, and there is no medical nexus between any present condition and service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and determined that a noncompensable evaluation was appropriate for left ear hearing loss.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted a compensable rating of 10% for tinnitus. The veteran's hearing loss is found to be directly related to service, while his tinnitus is also considered service-connected.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded, meaning there was insufficient evidence to support these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, histoplasmosis and its residuals, hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and lumbar back strain with degenerative disc disease. The RO granted a 40 percent evaluation for the lumbar condition effective April 12, 1995.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a claim of service connection for tinnitus was also denied.

The Board found that the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left ankle fracture, hearing loss and tinnitus are not well grounded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of hepatitis, and disabilities secondary to herbicide and asbestos exposure are denied as not well grounded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are related to service and have granted service connection for chronic lumbar spine strain, chronic dorsal strain, residuals of right knee sprain, and tinnitus. Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss.