Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2019

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his active duty service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are at least as likely as not related to his in-service acoustic trauma, thus granting service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including left knee and ankle conditions, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on these disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of tinnitus was reopened and granted. The Veteran's PTSD claim resulted in a denial due to the severity, frequency, and duration of his symptoms not meeting the criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for hearing loss and vision disability, but has found that new evidence is insufficient to establish service connection. The Board has also remanded the cases for additional examinations and opinions regarding the severity of hypertension, as well as the etiology of the Veteran's visual and auditory disabilities.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for tinnitus as secondary to bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran is granted service connection for this condition.,Issues regarding asthma and chronic bronchitis have been remanded due to new evidence submitted by the appellant.

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

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected. The remaining issues of service connection for low back, neck, left shoulder disabilities and bilateral hearing loss are remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and BPPV as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or service-connected condition.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected allergic sinusitis and grants service connection for this condition. However, the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are remanded due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to new evidence from the Court. The Veteran must provide private treatment records, and a VA examination is needed to determine if his current hearing loss and tinnitus are related to in-service noise exposure.

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

The Board dismissed the appeals for hearing loss, tinnitus, and ischemic heart disease as they are related to a deceased Veteran.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus began during service and is related to his military noise exposure, granting service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that new evidence received since the last final decision supports reopening of the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. However, the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's current sleep apnea is related to his military service or Gulf War exposure.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The Veteran's cervical spine disability is denied as not service-connected.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his anxiety disorder alone did not render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus began in service and has been recurrent since then.

The Board has remanded the claims for fibromyalgia, bilateral upper and lower extremity radiculopathy, left shoulder disorder, and urethral stenosis.,These conditions are presumed to be related to service exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date prior to July 12, 2016 for the grant of service connection for bilateral tinnitus. The earliest effective date that VA may consider is July 12, 2016, when the Veteran first filed his Intent to File a Claim.