Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, but granted service connection for headaches. The Board also denied increased ratings for a left shoulder disorder and tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus and hearing loss, as well as special monthly compensation based on housebound status or need for regular aid and attendance.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from February 11, 2019. He also received increased ratings for his radiculopathy in the right and left lower extremities.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service-connected tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, left, major depressive disorder (MDD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and an earlier effective date, as well as a higher rating for hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include mood disorder and simple phobia (odontophobia), but remanded the claims for posttraumatic stress disorder, intervertebral disc syndrome, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The appeal was dismissed for the proposed rating reduction of bilateral hearing loss, and various claims for service connection were denied.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's left knee disability and service connection for tinnitus, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The Board also granted service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as well as a psychiatric disability, but remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, sinusitis, and headaches.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the appeal for bilateral hearing loss as moot, effective from July 29, 2024.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities prior to August 21, 2018, as his service-connected conditions did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection, while the other claims are remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and vertigo due to new evidence being received.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, as well as service connection for various conditions.

The appeal for service connection claims related to asthma and tinnitus was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative.

The Board remands the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance prior to July 3, 2019, as they are inextricably intertwined with an extraschedular TDIU claim.

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

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, left lower extremity radiculopathy/peripheral neuropathy, and a left knee meniscal tear. However, it granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to the AOJ for an etiology opinion that considers new evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability and remanded the claims for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral plantar fasciitis.