Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition, a right shoulder condition, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a nexus between his in-service hazardous noise exposure and current tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic arthritis of the right knee and denied service connection for a back disability, a right wrist disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran and finding that his tinnitus is etiologically related to his active service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for tinnitus, finding no legal or factual basis to assign an earlier date than August 10, 2023.

The Veteran was granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for the period from May 7, 2021, to March 30, 2023, and an effective date of May 7, 2021, for the grant of eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 USC Chapter 35. However, his claim for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea was denied.

The appellant's claim for an increased rating for Meniere's disease is remanded to obtain a new VA examination and opinion regarding the current severity of the disability.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, Type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and tinnitus.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for revision of a February 1984 rating decision denying service connection for hearing loss and for an earlier effective date for service connection for tinnitus on CUE grounds. The AOJ failed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's specific CUE arguments as directed in a prior Board remand and must do so in the first instance.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for cephalgia, tremors of the bilateral hands, dermatosis, panic attacks, fibromyalgia, and plantar fasciitis of the right foot.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for adjudication.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, left upper extremity nerve condition (secondary to degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome, neck condition), headaches, left knee strain, and tinnitus. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea, urinary frequency, and voiding dysfunction were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as service treatment records from the Veteran's period of reserve service have not been obtained.

The Board granted an effective date of September 6, 2016, for the award of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of tinnitus, finding that his claim was not filed until February 11, 2010.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for tinnitus, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this matter.