Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2020

The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left ear injury and tinnitus, finding no additional disability caused by VA treatment.

The Board has granted service connection for right ankle disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The decision is based on the Veteran's credible reports of in-service noise exposure and continuous symptoms since service.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased rating for his ankle disabilities, as well as granted a TDIU based on multiple service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus due to unclear audiogram standards from service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including anxiety disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service. The claims were reopened due to new evidence provided by the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasoning and failure to address relevant evidence regarding the Veteran's tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and service-connected tinnitus. The examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether the hearing loss is aggravated by the tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to April 29, 2015. The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of a TDIU based on extraschedular criteria.

The application to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for a neck disability was granted.,Service connection for tinnitus is granted, with the effective date being determined based on when entitlement arose.

The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, claiming he filed his initial claim in September 2014. The Board previously denied these claims in February 2015 without providing a statement of the case. The Court remanded the matter due to issues with the mailing procedures and the hearing officer's duties.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected. The right ear hearing loss and left ear hearing loss issues are remanded for further examination.

The Board has withdrawn appeals for service connection for right shoulder strain, intercostal muscle (claimed as right-side rib), bilateral hearing loss, rhinitis, respiratory disability, and tinnitus. Appeals for TBI, migraine headaches, increased rating for anxiety disorder, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, effective date prior to May 16, 2018 for service connection for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and effective date prior to May 16, 2018 for service connection for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity are remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of adequate medical opinions addressing the lay statements from the Veteran, his family members, and fellow shipmates. The VA examiner is requested to provide an addendum opinion that addresses these statements and provides separate opinions on both conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and therefore his TDIU claim is denied.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left and right shoulder disabilities, low back disorder, multiple joint pain, diabetes mellitus type II, residuals of a head injury (TBI), and vertigo. The reasons were that the Veteran did not have evidence of these conditions during or immediately after military service, and there was no clear connection to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, finding that the earliest allowable date to establish service connection is November 13, 2008.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for amputation of the left index finger, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to inadequate opinions in previous examinations.

The Veteran's tinnitus claim is remanded due to the need for clarification on whether he experienced ringing in his ears during service or within a year of discharge.

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