Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2009

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for bilateral ear disability and denied service connection for tinnitus. The veteran was also denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran has been granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for severance of service connection for recurrent headaches, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and thoracic spinal cord damage to the RO for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cold injuries to both feet, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, do not preclude him from securing or following all forms of substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a disability exhibited by left leg pain as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active military service.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no competent evidence or opinion suggesting a medical relationship between the veteran's current conditions and his active military or Air National Guard service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of blood poisoning, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic asthma as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his active military service.

The Board found clear and unmistakable error in the March 1974 administrative decision that the veteran's discharge was not a bar to VA benefits, and denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the character of discharge is a bar to VA benefits.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PTSD as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, as a 10 percent rating is the maximum allowed under the applicable diagnostic code.

The appeal is remanded for a new VA examination to assess the etiology of the veteran's current hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as they were not attributable to his military service.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for left leg/ankle swelling was withdrawn. The remaining claims were denied as there is no medical evidence of a causal link between the claimed conditions and any incident of service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus as there was no evidence of a nexus between his tinnitus and his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was reopened based on new and material evidence, but the Board found that his current hearing loss is not related to his military service. The Board also denied service connection for tinnitus.

The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the veteran has bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus etiologically related to active service.

The Board denied the restoration of a 10 percent rating for diabetes mellitus, type II, but granted a 10 percent rating for hypoglycemia as symptomatic of diabetes mellitus, type II, effective from February 13, 2008. The claim for an increased initial rating for tinnitus was denied.

The veteran's bilateral tinnitus is etiologically related to service.