Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2014

The Board has remanded the case due to the need to obtain additional medical records and clarify the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his active military service and the claim for bilateral hearing loss disability has been reopened. The Board finds that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board found that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his in-service acoustic trauma and granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board found that the Veteran's left ear hearing loss and tinnitus were not present in service or until many years thereafter, and are not related to service. Therefore, the claims for service connection for these conditions were denied.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and tinnitus are being remanded due to the failure to appear at scheduled VA examinations. The case will be reviewed again after these examinations.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to his military service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition. The hearing loss claim remains pending as it was not addressed in the remand instructions.

The Veteran was granted service connection for tinnitus and migraine headaches, but denied hearing loss.,Service connection is established for tinnitus as it had its onset during service. Service connection is also established for migraine headaches as they are related to service.

The Board found no evidence of service-connected dental, tinnitus, pulmonary, back, stomach, heart, psychiatric, or throat disorders. The Veteran's current conditions are not shown to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's appeal was denied for service connection due to lack of evidence linking his current conditions to his period of honorable military service. The character of discharge from March 1961 to March 1962 period of service is also considered.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his in-service noise exposure and has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus and granted the claim, finding that the evidence is sufficient to meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptoms after service. The Board also found that any current hearing loss and tinnitus are not related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are not related to his military service, thus denying service connection for both conditions.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus. The Board also finds that the Veteran's current tinnitus is related to his active duty service, including exposure to noise from firing guns during service.

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

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, dysthymic disorder, major depression, and depressive disorder, was denied.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was also denied. The Veteran's current left ear hearing loss is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to his active military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is denied as there is no evidence that his current tinnitus is related to active military service.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities are related to his in-service acoustic trauma and noise exposure.