Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2012

The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for additional VA medical records and evidence from conversations with examiners regarding causation. The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus will be reconsidered.

The Board has determined that the VA examination provided in April 2009 is inadequate and remands the case for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his military service.

The Board found no nexus between the conceded acoustic trauma and current bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus, thus denying service connection for both conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his noise exposure during World War II.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability of right ear hearing loss or tinnitus, and therefore, service connection is denied for these conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a VA audiological examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The examiner will consider the Veteran's service exposure to acoustic trauma.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including new VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities and updated treatment records. The claim will be reconsidered after these actions.

The Veteran's tinnitus is at least as likely as not a disorder due to acoustic trauma in service and the Board finds that it was incurred in service.

The Veteran does not have hearing loss or tinnitus that is attributable to his active military service. The Board finds no nexus between the Veteran's current hearing loss and tinnitus and his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability were denied as there was no evidence of in-service noise exposure or a chronic condition during the applicable presumptive period.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that new and material evidence was received. The criteria for service connection are met, with a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims based on in-service noise exposure.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are likely due to noise exposure during his military service, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed before the claims for service connection for left ear sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus can be decided.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are causally or etiologically due to service, warranting service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of right knee cartilage injury, status-post total knee replacement and revision are incurred in service. The claim for tinnitus is remanded as it requires further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to exposure to loud noise during service, granting service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus have been denied as there is no credible evidence that the current conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for tinnitus, and a VA examination is needed to determine its etiology.

The Board denied the Veteran's attempt to reopen her claim for service connection for tinnitus and found that there was no evidence of a chronic condition during active military service or continuity of symptomatology. The Board also found that the Veteran's psychiatric disability, to include depression, is not related to her service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding all issues related to service connection and evaluations for GERD, left knee disability, tinnitus, and GAD.