Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and awarded a TDIU, while denying increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, benign prostate hypertrophy, persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, scars, and sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted an effective date of March 24, 2010, for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and December 1, 2011, for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus resulted from active-duty military service, including in-service exposure to acoustic trauma.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable evaluation for hypertension, as well as service connection for rhinitis, sinusitis, and a thyroid disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance or being housebound, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him so helpless as to require regular aid and attendance, nor was he permanently housebound due to his service-connected conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as a TDIU.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, hypertension, and a sleep disorder due to an incomplete duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for traumatic brain injury and bilateral hearing loss for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and left ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disorder and remanded several other claims, including those for an acquired psychiatric disorder, headache, hypertension, cervical spine, thoracic spine, shin splints, foot disorders, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to a need for further evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a need for additional evidence and medical opinions.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD prevents her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and she has met the threshold minimum percentage requirements for a TDIU. Additionally, she is entitled to special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The appeal for an increased rating for tinnitus is dismissed, and the claims for service connection for fatigue, a neck strain, trigger finger, left flatfoot, right flatfoot, and bilateral shoulder conditions are denied. The claims for service connection for foot and toe conditions are remanded.

The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and effective dates, except for granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his left hip disability and remanded claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a duty-to-assist error.