Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Board has denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and remanded the cases of hepatitis C, erectile dysfunction, PTSD, and tinnitus due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a low back condition. The claim for service connection for a bilateral eye condition was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Veteran's legacy appeal is dismissed as the claims of entitlement to initial ratings for various service-connected conditions have been denied in a recent decision. The Veteran has opted into the modernized review system, which extinguishes his legacy appeal.

The Veteran's asthma and allergic rhinitis have been granted service connection on a presumptive basis due to toxic exposure in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Gulf War.,Diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic neuropathy, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic back pain are all remanded for further review.

The Board has granted a TDIU effective January 10, 2019. However, the claim for TDIU prior to that date is remanded due to lack of schedular requirements.

The reduction in the disability ratings for lumbosacral strain, left patellofemoral pain syndrome, and right patellofemoral pain syndrome was not proper, and the original ratings are restored.,The Veteran's claims of service connection for tinnitus, all over body pain, hair loss, PTSD, trapezius strain, asthma, hemorrhoids, anemia, TDIU, and SMC are remanded.