Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's tinnitus is related to service. The Veteran must provide records of any treatment for tinnitus from private providers, and a VA examiner will need to determine if the condition began during service or is otherwise related.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but remanded the case for further development regarding bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination due to issues with the timeliness of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD) regarding service connection for tinnitus and left wrist disability. The Veteran's right wrist and shoulder disabilities are also being remanded for additional examinations.

Service connection is granted for major depressive disorder and tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The cases of lung nodules and traumatic brain injury are remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, migraine headaches, left hip disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic urinary tract infections are all being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.,Service connection is not granted for bilateral hearing loss as there is no current hearing loss disability. Service connection is granted for tinnitus.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic renal disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service, particularly his exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable during the period from January 12, 2012 to August 9, 2012. The evidence showed some functional limitations but did not indicate he was incapable of performing light duty or sedentary employment.

The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluation of PTSD, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, lower back disability, and bladder cancer have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal prior to the promulgation of a decision.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted. However, the issues of service connection for PTSD remain pending as additional development is needed due to missing evidence.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hearing loss, tinnitus, and dementia.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted, resulting in a full grant of benefits. As such, the issues are no longer in appellate status.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The case is remanded for further examination of the Veteran's left knee, left leg disability (claimed as blood clots), and right knee.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back disability, cervical spine disability, coronary artery disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to a lack of service treatment records. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions based on his military service in South Korea.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The cases for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for a heart disorder, to include coronary artery disease and hypertension are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of tinnitus is not causally or etiologically related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to September 24, 2019 is remanded. The Board found that the RO did not refer the matter to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration and thus remanded it.

Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss.,Service connection is denied for generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board has granted an effective date of April 28, 2016 for the grant of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.