Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2022

The Veteran's tinnitus is rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum rating authorized under Diagnostic Code 6260.,VA has not received complete service treatment and personnel records for the Veteran's Army National Guard service. The specific dates of all ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA service periods performed by the Veteran during his Army National Guard service have also not been verified.,The Board is remanding to obtain the Veteran's complete service treatment and personnel records, as well as the specific dates for all ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA service periods performed by the Veteran during his Army National Guard service. The appellant must be notified of any negative replies.,VA has not received the Veteran's terminal treatment records from North Caddo Medical Center, which are necessary to determine the cause of death. These records should be requested on remand.,The Board is also remanding for the purpose of determining whether service connection can be established for the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss is granted, and his tinnitus as secondary to this condition is also granted.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals regarding service connection for various conditions, including right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right upper extremity disorder, left upper extremity disorder, lumbar spine disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The decision is due to the Veteran's passing.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of his current diagnoses.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not render him unemployable prior to February 13, 2020. The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to that date.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current tinnitus is etiologically related to in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless as to need the regular aid and attendance of another person, leading to a grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance.

The Veteran's PTSD and tinnitus have been granted service connection.,His right knee and left knee conditions are being remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation at any time during the period on appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The issue of service connection for a low back disability is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence to support a relationship between his current condition and his active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 23, 2014 for the addition of his spouse to his VA disability compensation was denied. The Board found that the earliest communication with VA concerning addition of a spouse occurred in September 2014, and he did not submit evidence of marriage within one year of notification of the September 2014 rating decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, tinnitus, head injury/TBI, and residual head injury scar have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence.,Service connection has been granted for all four conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms have been present since service separation and meeting the requirements of presumptive service connection based on continuity of symptomatology.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment prior to April 9, 2014. From April 9, 2014, the Veteran is in receipt of a combined disability rating of 100 percent, which moots any TDIU claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral tinnitus, hearing loss, and pes planus due to insufficient medical opinions and missing VA treatment records.

The Veteran's service connection claim for hearing loss is denied, but his claim for tinnitus is granted.

The Veteran's service connection claim for tinnitus has been granted. The right hip disorder, bilateral eye disorder, gynecological disorder (claimed as hysterectomy and loss of sex drive), and acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression) claims are all pending and need further review.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and need for further examination. The issues of cervical spine disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux disease, and tinnitus are inextricably intertwined with the lumbar spine disability claim.