Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's condition.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a higher initial rating for degenerative arthritis of the left knee.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss in the right ear and tinnitus, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and the evidence did not support a nexus between the Veteran's active duty service and the onset of his left ear hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder, hypertension as secondary to PTSD, anxiety disorder and hypochondria, tinnitus, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis or nexus to service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and MDD have rendered him unemployable, effective March 9, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding a relationship to noise exposure during the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and a higher disability evaluation for MDS, as well as remanded service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied a higher rating for PTSD but granted separate ratings of 70 percent for residuals of TBI and 10 percent for tinnitus associated with TBI, effective from February 3, 2014, and May 2023 respectively. The claim for an initial rating higher than 10 percent for psychomotor epilepsy was also denied.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to March 29, 2024 and denied TDIU.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU due to incomplete medical evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as remanded a claim for service connection for Parkinson's disease.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for service-connected asthma and denied a compensable rating for chronic sinusitis. Service connection was granted for allergic rhinitis but denied for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and sebaceous gland cancer of the right eye.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, granted an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating of bilateral pes planus with bilateral plantar fasciitis, and remanded several claims including service connections for various disorders.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied it for diabetes, with the claim for tinnitus being remanded.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 20 percent for right elbow lateral epicondylitis and service connection for tinnitus, while remanding the claims for bilateral hearing loss, vertigo, and Meniere's disease.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus on a direct basis, finding the evidence to be at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus had onset in service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition is etiologically linked to in-service noise exposure.