Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied.,Service connection for tinnitus is granted. Service connection for hypertension is denied.

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

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to inadequate medical opinion in the March 2021 VA examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his service due to noise exposure during active duty, and thus grants service connection for tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to potential errors in the pre-decisional duty to assist. The Veteran's claims are being reviewed again.

The appeal was dismissed because the appellant requested to withdraw their appeal before a decision could be made.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and left knee condition secondary to a service-connected right knee osteoarthritis, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to her military service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that his current disabilities are at least as likely as not related to his military noise exposure.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it etiologically related to acoustic trauma during service.,However, the Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches, as there is no evidence showing these headaches are productive or capable of producing severe economic inadaptability.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted due to in-service noise exposure. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and right leg varicose veins is denied as there was no evidence of chronicity or aggravation during service.,Service connection for left leg disability (pain, claimed as left varicose veins) is denied as the appellant has not had a current diagnosis of such condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headaches, tinnitus, and hypertension were denied in a January 2016 rating decision. The effective date of the awards was granted on June 8, 2020, for CFS, migraine headaches, and tinnitus, and February 25, 2020, for hypertension.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for hypertension is granted as of January 11, 2020. The claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headaches, and tinnitus are denied.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to insufficient rationale in the VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including Parkinson's disease with urinary problems and related conditions, have rendered him unable to ambulate without the aid of assistive devices. As a result, he is entitled to a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing.

Your claim for service connection for tinnitus has been granted, but the appeal is dismissed because your request was deferred and you did not file a timely NOD.

The Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on need for aid and attendance or housebound status was denied because the evidence did not demonstrate a factual need for such benefits due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board found that the majority of the Veteran's need for assistance stemmed from non-service connected conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's requests for earlier effective dates for service connection of various conditions, finding that no claim was submitted within one year of her discharge from active duty or prior to February 22, 2021.

The Veteran's claims for various disabilities, including hypertension, headaches, pseudoseizures, right and left hand neuropathy, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and TDIU are being remanded due to the failure to appear for scheduled VA examinations. The Board finds good cause for missing the appointments.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus has been granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left hand disability, manifesting as pain, is remanded due to inadequate examination.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between these conditions and military service.