Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that there is probative medical evidence linking the Veteran's current tinnitus to his in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is dismissed. The claim for residuals of tonsillectomy is denied. The claim for hypertension is remanded.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that it originated during active service due to noise exposure.

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

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his military service, as there is at least a 50% balance of probative evidence in favor of the claim. The benefit of doubt has been applied.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus has been granted. The left knee disability claim is remanded and will be readjudicated.

The Veteran's service connection claims for IBS and tinnitus have been granted. The Board found that the conditions are related to his military service, with presumptive service connection established for IBS due to its characteristics of a chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2)(i), and direct service connection for tinnitus as it has existed since service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to their death. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these appeals.

The Board has remanded the service connection claims for bilateral knee pain, tinnitus, and left forearm tendonitis due to a lack of information on the Veteran's reserve component service.

The Board has remanded the claims for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions. The Veteran's service connection claims are not granted at this time.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted effective February 27, 2020. The Board found that the earliest possible effective date is based on the date of his original claim.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a failure to obtain VA treatment records from his active duty service, as well as an inadequate opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to new evidence received after a previous denial, but the Veteran was not provided with proper notice regarding this decision. The case must be returned to the AOJ for appropriate review rights notification.

The Board has decided to remand the cases of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ will obtain new medical opinions addressing whether these conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's tinnitus, left knee arthritis, and right knee arthritis are granted service connection. Service connection for vision problems is denied as the current disability is related to non-service-connected diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's left toe amputation claim is not addressed in this decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disorder, right knee disorder, and tinnitus have been denied. The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of degenerative arthritis, lumbar spine as secondary to a service-connected condition.,Service connection was not granted for the Veteran's claimed left knee disorder, right knee disorder, or tinnitus due to lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error in the January 2021 VA medical opinion, which did not consider whether hearing loss is related to service noise exposure. The Veteran's hearing loss will need to be evaluated again by a VA clinician.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD and HIV/AIDS, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since February 15, 2019.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is being remanded for a medical opinion to determine if it is at least as likely as not aggravated by the service-connected anemia with migraine headaches, cervicalgia with multilevel degenerative disc disease of cervical spine, and tinnitus.