Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

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

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the effective dates of various ratings and service connection determinations related to knee conditions, instability, meniscal tears, scars, and tinnitus. The Board dismissed these claims as a result.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral flat feet, based on the evidence of record.

The Veteran's service connection claims for stomach cancer with metastasis to the liver and throat, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss disability have been denied.,There is no evidence of these conditions being related to service or exposure to Camp Lejeune contaminated water.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates and increased ratings for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss was denied. The Board found no evidence to support an earlier effective date than July 22, 2021, the date of his initial claim.,For the initial rating claims, the maximum schedular rating (10%) for recurrent tinnitus has been assigned, and there is no legal basis to award a higher rating. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was rated as Level I under Table VI, resulting in a noncompensable disability rating.

Your claim for service connection for tinnitus has been fully granted with a 10% disability evaluation effective November 2, 2020. As the grant of your claim means there is no longer an issue to appeal, your case is dismissed.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of June 25, 2021 for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Veteran's claims were continuously pursued until they were finally granted.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions had their onset during his active duty service.

The Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than October 24, 2022 for tinnitus and a rating in excess of 10 percent were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support an earlier effective date due to lack of intent to file within one year prior to the claim, and there was no higher schedular rating available.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to hazardous noise exposure during service.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are caused by his service-connected tinnitus, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.

The Veteran's claim for tinnitus was granted. The Board found that the Veteran had good cause to not timely file a notice of disagreement, and thus the claim remained pending as the time limit to submit a notice of disagreement was extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service connection for tinnitus is granted based on continuity of symptomatology. For the right hip disability issue, the Board found that an adequate medical opinion is needed regarding whether it is at least as likely as not (likelihood is at least approximately balanced or nearly equal) that the Veteran's left knee disability is proximately due to, at least in part, by his service-connected disabilities, to include his service-connected right knee and right ankle disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder effective May 1, 2022 is denied.,Service connection for headaches secondary to tinnitus is denied. The Veteran does not have a present diagnosis for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for residuals of mild traumatic brain injury with post-traumatic headaches was denied. The evidence did not show that the condition resulted in Level 2 impairment, which is necessary to warrant a 40 percent rating.,The Veteran's application for TDIU was also denied as his service-connected disabilities alone do not meet the schedular criteria for individual unemployability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to errors in the previous VA examinations and opinions. The issues of left knee disability, left foot disability (pes planus), and tinnitus are being reviewed with new evidence and expert opinion.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the cases of tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of medical opinion linking these conditions to service. The VA is instructed to schedule the appellant for an examination to determine if any diagnosed hearing loss or tinnitus had causal origins in service.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the claim of bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of audiometric test results.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional error in the duty to assist. The Veteran's claims are being readjudicated.