Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2018

The Veteran's tinnitus and TBI were denied as service connection was not established.,TDIU for PTSD was remanded due to insufficient examination.

The Veteran's service-connected migraines have been granted an initial 50 percent rating, effective December 21, 2018. The Board has also remanded several other issues for further development.

The Veteran's retroactive VA disability benefits for the period from October 1, 2013 through February 1, 2015 were withheld due to concurrent receipt of military retired pay and VA compensation. The Board found this action proper as there is no provision within VA laws to award a grant of VA disability compensation concurrently with military retirement pay.

The Board has remanded the cases of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to the Veteran's request to participate in VA's RAMP program.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and heart disability were denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to outstanding treatment records and verification of claimed stressors. The Veteran is also scheduled for VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his low back disability, BHL, tinnitus, and acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of tinnitus is related to his military noise exposure in Vietnam.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to new evidence submitted since the final May 2012 rating decision. The claims are now remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a link to service or any presumptive conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service exposure to loud noises during active duty.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to his service, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has ordered a new VA examination and remanded the case due to the lack of probative value in the previous examiner's opinion. The Veteran is seeking service connection for bilateral hearing loss, which may be secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was denied in July 2014. The effective date of the award is March 21, 2016.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are both granted. The Veteran has a current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss, which is related to in-service noise exposure. However, the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service. However, it granted service connection for tinnitus as the Veteran's symptoms began in service and have continued.

The Veteran's application to reopen the claim for hiatal hernia was granted, and service connection for hypertension, PTSD, obstructive sleep apnea, migraine headaches, lumbar spine disability, major depressive disorder, right little finger ankylosis, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and radiculopathy of the left lower extremity was denied. The Veteran's claim for increased evaluations for various conditions was also remanded.

The Veteran's service connection for bilateral tinnitus is granted. The Veteran's hypertension is rated at 30 percent from February 9, 2017. The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 30 percent effective from February 9, 2017. Service connection for a traumatic brain injury is remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for various conditions, including hypertension and prostate cancer, was denied. The claim for PTSD received an increased rating to 70 percent effective from April 15, 2015.

Service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, to include as due to in-service Agent Orange exposure is denied.,An effective date prior to February 3, 2016, for the assignment of a 30 percent disability rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied. The Veteran's claim was received after this date.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including anxiety disorder).