Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to October 22, 2018 for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and a painful scar of the midline abdomen have been denied as there is no indication that the Veteran had filed an application for these conditions before this date.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU has been granted effective from August 10, 2022.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for updated medical records and VA examinations to assess his service-connected disabilities.

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

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings have been remanded due to insufficient evidence or procedural issues. The appeals are not about service connection, but rather the severity of his existing conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's actual in-service noise exposure is a key factor that needs to be addressed by VA examiners.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus was dismissed because a grant of service connection had already been made in a previous decision. The issue of service connection for the cervical spine disability is remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted, with the tinnitus service connection being established. The increased rating for bilateral hearing loss is also granted.

The Board has remanded the claims of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of adequate rationale in the VA examination opinion provided prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board has determined that the case needs to be remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including incomplete or inaccurate factual premises in medical opinions and missing audiogram results. The Veteran's service connection claims for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and hypohidrosis/anhidrosis are being remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA eligibility, stating that service connection was not established prior to April 29, 2010, and therefore, no earlier effective date could be assigned.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied.,Service connection for thoracolumbar spine disability is denied.,Service connection for sleep apnea is denied.,Service connection for nerve damage/right lower extremity radiculopathy is denied.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to January 31, 2020. The Board denied the claim for TDIU as his employment as a VA police officer was considered substantial gainful employment.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus were dismissed because the VA Form 10182 was not timely filed.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus, finding that there is at least equipoise evidence to support a finding that his tinnitus had its onset during service and has been continuous since.

The Veteran's service connection for a left knee disability is denied. The Board finds that the current left knee disability did not manifest during or immediately after service and is unrelated to service. A TDIU from March 6, 2019 to August 4, 2020 is granted based on multiple service-connected disabilities resulting in an overall combined rating of 80 percent.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his military service, as it was noted in service and continues post-service. The claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The claims for left knee condition and bilateral hearing loss are remanded due to procedural errors.

The Board has remanded the case for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's right ear hearing loss is related to service, and whether it should be granted as direct service connection or reopened due to new evidence.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective June 6, 2018. The TDIU was determined due to the service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted with an effective date of February 7, 1991, the day following his separation from active duty.