Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2024

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is likely to have started during his military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his in-service noise exposure.,Both conditions were determined to be directly linked to military service without any presumption of service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require him to have regular aid and attendance of another person, leading to the grant of special monthly compensation based on this need.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to his military service, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his military service and the claim for service connection is granted. The claim for bilateral pes planus disability is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issue of whether OSA is aggravated by service-connected PTSD and TBI to include neurocognitive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as there was no evidence of a disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by service, and the Veteran did not report any symptoms until decades after discharge.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, hearing loss, and tinnitus combined to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation as of March 23, 2020. The Board granted the TDIU claim effective March 23, 2020.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to insufficient rationale in previous VA opinions, requiring further examination.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's diagnosed tinnitus is at least as likely as not related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU from February 12, 2021.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD due to MST, is granted. Service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus are also granted.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to his in-service military noise exposure, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, depression and anxiety condition, tinnitus, headaches, shoulder sprain, back pain, and right knee condition were denied as there was no current diagnosed disability related to service.,VA attempted multiple times to schedule the Veteran for VA examinations but he failed to appear or provide good cause for his absence.

The Veteran's tinnitus and costochondritis have been granted service connection. The left knee disability claim is being remanded for further development.,Service connection has been established for tinnitus, costochondritis, and a left knee disability.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral ear disability, tinnitus, and other disabilities has been granted. An effective date of September 17, 2021, but no earlier, is assigned for the award of an increased (20 percent) rating for left shoulder acromioclavicular joint tendonitis. The Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, anxiety, bilateral pes planus, and Meniere's disease has been remanded.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and shin splints should be remanded due to a lack of evidence in the record regarding the presence of hearing loss for VA purposes, inadequate rationale provided by the April 2022 VA examiner on the relationship between hearing loss and tinnitus, and an insufficient consideration of the Veteran's reported symptoms and continued symptomatology.

The Veteran's claims for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were granted with effective dates of February 22, 2017. However, the Board denied earlier effective dates as there was no evidence showing a claim prior to this date.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings on ten issues has been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow substantial gainful employment, consistent with his training and experience as an over-the-road truck driver.