Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2007

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of current disabilities meeting VA criteria or a link between his military service and these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as the evidence did not show a causal link to any incident of service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic skin disability, residuals of a right forearm and upper arm injury, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The denial was based on lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or Agent Orange exposure.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings for his service-connected organic mental disorder, right hip fracture, left ankle fracture, maxillary fracture, and tinnitus.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service. The VA examiner opined that any current hearing loss and tinnitus are not related to service.

The veteran requested an increased evaluation for bilateral tinnitus, but later withdrew the appeal. The Board dismissed the case as a result.

The veteran's claim for separate compensable evaluations for each ear for his service-connected tinnitus was denied as the version of Diagnostic Code 6260 in effect prior to June 13, 2003, required a single evaluation for tinnitus regardless of whether it is perceived in one ear or both ears.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating for diabetes mellitus, service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, and service connection for a bladder condition. The decision concluded that there was no evidence linking the veteran's bladder condition to service or herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 14, 2000 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for a TDIU at that time.