Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving any reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on a current diagnosis and conceded acoustic trauma during military service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a lung disability as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

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

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and tinnitus, readjudicated the claims for chronic fatigue syndrome and skin cancer, to include melanoma, and remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic left knee strain. The claims for service connection for back disability, bilateral sciatica, left ankle disability, left foot disability, and psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a headache disability, and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities but denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings of chronic sinusitis and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and bilateral tinnitus, but denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and amputation of the right fourth toe due to diabetes as secondary to diabetes mellitus.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for PTSD and service connection for tinnitus, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss. Other claims were remanded.

The Veteran withdrew the claim for service connection for tinnitus, and it has been dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions were incurred in service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the presumption that it is a chronic disease and was incurred during active military service.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for tinnitus and denied an initial compensable rating for hypothyroidism.

The Board granted readjudication of the issue of whether the Appellant's character of discharge is a bar to entitlement to VA benefits, exclusive of health care and related benefits authorized under Chapter 17, Title 38, United States Code. The other issues were remanded for further development.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on credible lay statements and evidence of in-service noise exposure.

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

The appeal was withdrawn and dismissed by the appellant prior to the Board's promulgation of a decision.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as the evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current condition.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and recurrent tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on continuous symptoms since active service.