Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claim for service connection for tinnitus. The Veteran's claim is being remanded for further review by a VA audiological examiner.

The Veteran's tinnitus was found to have started during service and has persisted since, meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected, with the Board finding that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service acoustic trauma.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as the Veteran does not have a current disability meeting VA criteria.,Service connection for fatigue is denied due to lack of evidence linking it to his service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Board has determined that there are duty to assist errors in the rating decisions on appeal for hearing loss, tinnitus, neck disability, back disability, and sleep disability. The issues of service connection for these conditions will be remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, left foot condition, right foot condition, left knee condition, and right knee condition as the evidence did not support a nexus to service.,VA also denied entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance of another person or being housebound due to lack of service-connected disabilities.

The Board has denied the claims for service connection for tinnitus, a perforated eardrum, and migraines as there is no evidence that these conditions are related to military service.

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

The Board has denied service connection for tinnitus as the Veteran's current diagnosis was not shown to be causally related to her military service.

The Board denied reinstatement of the Veteran's appeal due to his VA Form 9 not being timely filed in response to a March 2020 statement of the case.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable since October 26, 2018. An effective date of this day is granted for the award of TDIU.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to noise exposure during his service as an aircrewman, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated as noncompensable, and his tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent.,Both conditions have reached their maximum schedular ratings under the applicable VA rating criteria.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The hearing loss claim is remanded for further review.

The Veteran withdrew their appeal for service connection of tinnitus, and the Board has dismissed this case.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The AOJ is required to correct these errors by obtaining additional medical opinions, creating an Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER), and scheduling the Veteran for examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of the April 2005 rating decision that denied service connection for tinnitus on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The Veteran argued that CUE existed because VA changed their procedures for adjudicating hearing loss in 2010, but this holding was not part of the law at the time of the April 2005 rating decision. The Board found no CUE.

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

The Board has denied the claim for service connection of OSA as secondary to tinnitus, finding that there is no causal or aggravating link between the two conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus has been denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee disability is remanded and will be reconsidered.