Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's sleep apnea and right lower extremity radiculopathy were denied service connection as there was no evidence of a direct link to service or service-connected conditions.,Service connection for tinnitus was dismissed due to lack of case or controversy regarding the issue.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected. The Board has remanded the claims for a breathing condition, bilateral knee conditions, and back condition due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric condition including PTSD, with generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder. Service connection was denied for bilateral eye condition and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the secondary service connection theory of entitlement for tinnitus and PTSD.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed due to his death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of in-service noise exposure or a chronic disease to support a grant of service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is etiologically related to his active-duty service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder and obesity. The decision acknowledges that obesity was a result of his service-connected condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a left knee disability, low back disability, and bilateral hearing loss due to procedural errors in previous decisions.

The Veteran's VA disability compensation was reduced due to concurrent receipt of military drill pay and VA benefits. The Board found that the AOJ did not properly verify the number of drill days during Fiscal Year 2019, leading to a remand for further action.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied as there is no evidence of a current disability, service connection was not established due to lack of nexus between the conditions and service, and the criteria for presumptive service connection were not met.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, hypertension, a heart condition, and muscle weakness (claimed as strokes and stroke residuals). The case is remanded to determine the nature and etiology of bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current tinnitus is related to his military noise exposure during active service.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right knee, left knee, pelvic bone, head injury, left breast, costochondritis, jawbone, low back, neck, right ankle, right thumb, acne, scarring on the head, and tinnitus.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for multiple sclerosis, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and left foot pain due to a lack of SSA records. The Veteran's SSA records are requested as they may contain relevant information.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that new evidence submitted since the initial denial supports a link between his current condition and his active-duty service. The decision is based on the appellant's credible reports of symptom onset during service.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals regarding the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Veteran's service connection for left knee scars was granted with an effective date of March 19, 2017. The RO also granted increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities, as well as entitlement to a TDIU, all with effective dates of September 16, 2020.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to January 11, 2021; no single service-connected disability rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation on or after January 11, 2021.

The Board has dismissed the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disorder as it is not within its jurisdiction due to a pending Supplemental Claim.