Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Board has determined that the Veteran's migraine headaches are related to his service-connected tinnitus, and thus grants service connection for migraines as secondary to tinnitus.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection as it manifested within one year of separation from active duty and is not attributable to intercurrent causes.

The Board has denied the readjudication of service connection claims for hearing loss, tinnitus, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and depression as there is no new and relevant evidence to support these claims.

The Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and a higher rating for tinnitus have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support entitlement to these ratings.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for diabetes, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and tinnitus was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating for any condition.

The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and/or tinnitus are found to be at least as likely the cause of his migraine headaches, warranting a grant of service connection for these headaches.

The Veteran's tinnitus started during active service and continued to present. The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on direct evidence.

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

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as presumptively related to exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam. The issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for hypothyroidism and service connection for ear diseases including tinnitus are remanded.

The Veteran's service connection claims for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and tinnitus are both granted. The Board found that there is a link between the Veteran's in-service injuries and his current conditions, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.

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

Service connection is granted for tinnitus.,Service connection is denied for headache disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, right elbow disability, left elbow disability, right wrist disability, left wrist disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability. Service connection is also denied for bilateral foot disability.

The Board has granted service connection for back disorder, hemorrhoids, and tinnitus. Service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder is denied.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates as they were subsumed by prior decisions, and there was no legal merit to claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the July 1969 rating decision.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but has remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to inadequate VA examination results. The Veteran is seeking service connection for both conditions.

Your service-connected tinnitus has been rated at 10 percent since December 11, 2016. However, you have already received compensation for this condition starting from January 1, 2017.

The Veteran's tinnitus and asthma have been granted service connection. The Veteran's headaches are remanded for a secondary service connection opinion, and her sleep apnea is also remanded for an aggravation of service-connected condition opinion.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that it is related to his in-service noise exposure and resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to a lack of access to certain medical records stored in Vista Imaging or similar repositories. The AOJ is instructed to obtain and associate with the claims file complete updated clinical records, including those from VA and non-VA treatment providers.

The Board has granted effective dates of June 6, 2019 for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea and tinnitus. The date of entitlement is at least as late as June 6, 2019.