Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2019

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as it remains unclear whether he currently has these conditions or if they are related to his service. Further examination is needed.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus was incurred in service due to acoustic trauma during his military service.

The Board denied service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, hearing loss, and tinnitus. The Veteran's claims were based on direct evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The Veteran's PTSD, bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, left hand osteoarthritis, low back disability, left foot disability, right foot disability, left knee osteoarthritis, right knee disability, bilateral eye disability, stomach disability, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), and headache disability are all granted as service-connected.

The Veteran was granted service connection for tinnitus. However, the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is being remanded due to insufficient evidence.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss remains pending and will be reconsidered after a new examination.

The Board has granted service connection for left ear hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his military service.

Service connection is granted for tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for left knee disability.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to have started during service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to service, as there is relative equipoise of evidence supporting this conclusion. The decision grants service connection for both conditions.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for blurred vision, bilateral hearing loss, dizziness, inhalation injury, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, sleep apnea, GERD, status post excision benign skin mass on the right wrist with residual scar, headache disability, left cubital and carpal tunnel syndrome, right cubital and carpal tunnel syndrome, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and PTSD have all been dismissed due to withdrawal of appeals by the Veteran.,The Veteran's appeals for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left foot disability, and right foot disability are being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service-connected. The evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions manifested during or within one year after service.

The Veteran's ulcerative colitis is granted a 10% rating, but no higher. Service connection for lipomas and onychomycosis are denied. Tinnitus service connection is granted. The claim to reopen the left ankle disorder is denied.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions were not related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied, and he was granted a 30% rating for unspecified anxiety disorder with effective date of September 29, 2015. The other conditions were not found to be service-connected.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to insufficient reasoning in the previous VA examination.

The Veteran's heart disability, along with other service-connected conditions, does not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's tinnitus is service-connected as a chronic disease under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b) due to its onset in service and persistence since.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, and tinnitus) have prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to a service-connected disability, denied service connection for tinnitus and heart condition, and denied service connection for low back disability. The Veteran's claim for increased rating of cervical spine disability is denied, but the issue of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for right upper extremity radiculopathy from June 19, 2017, and left upper extremity radiculopathy remains pending.

The Veteran's vision impairment is not service-connected as it is due to a congenital defect and unrelated to in-service use of medication patches for sea-sickness.,Bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are both service-connected as they began during active service and are linked to acoustic trauma.