Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and special monthly compensation based on housebound status, as well as basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and readjudicated the claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a back disability based on new evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as further development is necessary.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding a nexus between the Veteran's current disability and his in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to provide an adequate opinion on the etiology of tinnitus, as the previous opinion was found inadequate.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and a C-section scar, but granted service connection for tinnitus. The claims for increased ratings for knee conditions and neck/low back conditions were remanded.

The Board denied an increased rating for major depressive disorder and service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and noncompensable evaluations for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus, while remanding the evaluation of lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus on a presumptive basis and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for lumbar spine condition and medial tibial stress syndrome, right were remanded.

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded due to an inadequate VA nexus opinion.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from obtaining or engaging in substantially gainful employment since August 29, 2016.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus had its onset during active-duty service.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's cervical spine strain with arthritis, left and right upper extremity radiculopathy, and tinnitus, and dismissed a freestanding earlier effective date claim for tinnitus. The Board remanded service connection for urinary frequency/incontinence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased disability rating for tinnitus, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an earlier effective date for tinnitus, and service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, left knee condition, and right knee condition.

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

The Board granted service connection for chronic kidney disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected orthopedic disabilities and dismissed the appeal for tinnitus due to a procedural defect. The issue of service connection for a right shoulder disability was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and left and right foot pes planus as there was no evidence of chronic conditions in service or within the applicable presumptive period; continuity of symptomatology is not established; and the disabilities are not otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury or disease. The other issues on appeal were remanded for further development.