Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for hypertension, tinnitus, and a left ankle condition. The claims for service connection for headaches, sleep condition, and diabetes mellitus were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to hazardous noise exposure during the Veteran's period of ACDUTRA in August 2015.

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

The Board remands the claim for a housebound and aid and attendance examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities require regular aid and attendance.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and a 30 percent rating for bilateral calcified pleural plaques, while denying increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension. A TDIU was also granted from September 21, 2023.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy effective September 29, 2023, but denied an increased rating for tinnitus and other issues.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, while remanding claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, low back condition, migraines, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for light sensitivity, bilateral hearing loss, an increased evaluation for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, an increased evaluation for tinnitus, an initial compensable evaluation for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and an initial compensable evaluation for chronic sinusitis.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD alone is sufficient to grant special monthly compensation based on statutory housebound status.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for a neck disability, lumbar strain, and neuropathy of the bilateral legs.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, migraine headaches, sleep apnea, psychiatric disability, and multiple musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. The Board also denied an increased rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 17, 2017, for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a dental condition. The claim for a liver condition was remanded.

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

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral tinnitus, finding that the evidence does not support a nexus between the condition and his military service.

The appeal for service connection for motion sickness, dizziness, vertigo; tinnitus; and bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and right ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for right shoulder disability, obstructive sleep apnea, low back disability, left ear hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, special monthly compensation based on loss of use of creative organ, and remanded claims for service connection for right wrist, cervical spine, and irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to her service-connected disabilities.