Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2022

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant due to lack of loss of use, blindness, burns, ALS, inhalation injury, or other permanent and total disability.

The Veteran meets the schedular requirements for Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected PTSD, bilateral knee disability, prostate condition, hypertension, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss. The Board finds that these disabilities prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to the need for additional examinations and evaluations. The issues include bilateral foot disability, left hand and left arm disabilities, and bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board has granted service connection for left and right ear hearing loss, as well as tinnitus on a substitution basis due to the submission of new and material evidence. The Veteran's hearing loss is related to his military service, while his tinnitus was also linked to his time in service.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient medical opinions.

The Veteran's application to reopen service connection for left ear hearing loss was granted. Service connection for right ear hearing loss was denied, and tinnitus was granted as incurred in service.

The Board has granted a TDIU rating effective December 13, 2020. The claim for an earlier effective date prior to December 13, 2020 is remanded due to the need for referral to the Director of Compensation Service for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The heart disability issue is remanded for further development and medical opinion.

The Veteran's tinnitus had its onset in service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.,The VA is remanding the asbestosis claim due to a need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions and securing service personnel records.,An additional VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of the Veteran's erythema multiforme with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The decision on the bilateral lower extremity varicose veins issue is remanded.

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 chronic disability in service or continuity of symptomatology since service. The Board also found that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to February 25, 2015.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, a back disability, a left ankle disability, and hypertension due to his death.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss requires a remand for further evaluation and rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted, and his appeal for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include left elbow and bilateral hand disorder, tinnitus, GIST, and left ulnar nerve entrapment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there was no current disability or evidence of in-service noise exposure. The Veteran's lay statements were not considered sufficient to establish a nexus between his current conditions and service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, hearing loss, tinnitus, and diabetes mellitus have caused him to be unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. His death was due to his service-connected conditions, specifically his diabetes mellitus which is presumed to be caused by herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been denied. The Board found that the current schedular ratings adequately reflect the severity of his service-connected conditions, and no extraschedular rating is warranted.