Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2023

The Veteran's service-connected headaches and tinnitus have prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation since December 7, 2012. The Board has granted the TDIU claim for this period.

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

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service-connected due to exposure to hazardous noise during military service.

Service connection for tinnitus has been granted.,The claims of reopening the previously denied left knee and back conditions have been granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were received within one year of his retirement and remained pending until they were adjudicated in an August 2015 rating decision. The effective dates for the awards of service connection are set at July 1, 1995.

The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder. The claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus remain denied.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration. The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection, but his left foot disability, back disability, right foot disability, arthritis (claimed as bone fractures), and acquired psychiatric disability are not yet determined due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all issues except eye problems, tinnitus, and stomach problems (undiagnosed or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom Gulf War illness) has been dismissed. The claim of service connection for left wrist disability, right wrist disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, back disability, and psychiatric disability (including PTSD) is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the cases of left ear hearing loss disability and left shoulder disability.

The Board has remanded the cases of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus for further development due to a duty to assist error.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his period of active service.,The evidence reflects the Veteran's preexisting left knee condition underwent a permanent increase in severity beyond the natural progression during the Veteran's period of service. The right knee condition did not have onset during active service, was not caused by active service, and did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of active service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, but has remanded his claim for hearing loss due to a lack of audiogram evidence and an incorrect legal standard in the previous VA examination.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are etiologically related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for a heart disorder, including aortic stenosis; thoracolumbar spine disorder; and tinnitus. The Veteran is asked to provide any missing medical records from his employment physical and service treatment records.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and retinopathy and maculopathy as secondary to his service-connected chronic sinusitis.

The Board has dismissed all issues related to service connection for various conditions due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities due to incomplete records of his reserve service.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The decision on bilateral hearing loss remains pending and remanded.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and residuals of a TBI are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to January 27, 2020, for service connection of TBI with vertigo and associated disabilities.