Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's right knee disability is found to have started during service, and the Board granted service connection for this condition.,Tinnitus was also found to be incurred in service based on noise exposure.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his active-duty service.,His right and left foot pes planus were noted at entrance into active duty, with the pre-existing conditions being aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that there are pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, and therefore, remands these issues to obtain new VA examinations.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to February 19, 2019, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and a need for new examination opinions. The claims will be reconsidered with the additional evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant are being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ should secure an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's total service-connected disabilities, including loss of use of extremities.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for migraines secondary to his service-connected tinnitus, finding that there is not a causal relationship between the two conditions.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for tinnitus service connection is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has granted an effective date of October 10, 2013 for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as his dependent to his award of VA disability compensation. The issue of whether the debt in the amount of $19,696.58 was properly created and is valid remains pending and will be remanded.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that his current diagnosis of tinnitus had its onset during service and is related to in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's employment prior to July 15, 2018 was not considered substantially gainful due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board denied the TDIU claim as there were no circumstances apart from advancing age that would justify a total rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer, migraines, nerve damage-related right hemidiaphragm, degenerative arthritis of the right shoulder, and tinnitus, prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss have been granted service connection, with a 10% disability rating. The appellant is awarded nonservice-connected burial benefits.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and a compensable rating for bilateral eye hypertensive retinopathy with right eye branch retinal vein occlusion and macular edema have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation, and there was no continuity of symptomatology.

The Board has dismissed the appeals because the appellant died while the case was pending.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder, valvular heart disease with congestive heart failure, intraparenchymal hemorrhagic stroke of the left parietal lobe, diabetes mellitus type II, and tinnitus, render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error in not obtaining SSA records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to pre-decisional errors in duty to assist.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation of tinnitus and service connection for vasculitis, bladder cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.