Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as there was no evidence of a nexus between the current conditions and his active military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for weight gain, loss of vision, sleep apnea, right foot condition, hypertension, hearing loss, and right knee pain.

The application to reopen the claims for a skin condition (claimed as acne) and left wrist ganglion cyst were denied, while service connection for tinnitus was granted.

The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus for further development.

The Board dismissed the appeals regarding the propriety of severance of service connection for tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, and right shoulder strain as these issues were reinstated. The appeal for costochondritis was denied due to a lack of evidence linking the condition to active duty.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss, a back disability, asthma, hypertension, bilateral pes planus, bilateral knee arthritis, bilateral elbow arthritis, erectile dysfunction, and kidney disease.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss and remanded the claim for tinnitus due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and a left shoulder disability due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation due to the need of regular aid and attendance based on his service-connected disabilities, particularly kidney cancer and depressive disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, finding that August 1, 2018, is the appropriate effective date.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was dismissed because the Veteran withdrew his appeal in a May 2025 written statement.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence does not support a link between her current condition and her military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a recurrent sleep disability to include obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for left and right leg shin splints but denied an increased rating for lumbosacral strain, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, radicular pain and paresthesia of the left upper extremity, chronic cervicothoracic pain, and left knee pain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining an adequate opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and alcohol abuse disorder.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining an adequate opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and alcohol abuse disorder.

The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates for posttraumatic stress disorder and left inguinal hernia, but granted an effective date of October 11, 2019, for right shoulder impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tendinitis. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were also denied.