Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for bilateral hearing loss, left foot disability, and right foot disability.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than April 5, 2021 for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis to the Director of Compensation Service for consideration.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and left lower extremity radiculopathy, denied a compensable rating for rhinitis and right lower extremity radiculopathy, and dismissed the appeal for a compensable rating for migraine headaches.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for bilateral plantar fasciitis, cyst of right side of neck with residual scar, disfigurement, to include scar on forehead, and cyst of right side of neck with residual scar, painful, as well as tinnitus were denied. However, an effective date of March 16, 2018 was granted for the award of a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, tinnitus, anemia, and a compensable disability rating for obstructive pulmonary disease. The claims for service connection of various other conditions were remanded.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to her service-connected disabilities, which include posttraumatic stress disorder and various musculoskeletal conditions.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than February 1, 2022, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and PTSD but granted a TDIU with an effective date of February 1, 2022.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for various disabilities due to duty-to-assist errors and the need for further development.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and no causal relationship between the claimed conditions and military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, bilateral pes planus with degenerative arthritis, and asthma.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his credible reports of onset and continuity of symptoms during service.

The Board granted service connection for a migraine condition and depression, but denied an increased rating above 10 percent for tinnitus during the review period (from June 10, 2022, through October 5, 2023), and remanded claims for service connection for ulcerative colitis and diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle, left knee, back, and tinnitus disabilities but denied service connection for a left Achilles tendon tear and right knee disability.

The Board remands the matter for a new medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's tinnitus resulted from service and that explains the rationale for its conclusions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, as he did not meet the schedular criteria and there was no reasonable possibility that his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including cervical strain, lumbosacral strain and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, knee strains, psychiatric disorders, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, tinnitus, shoulder disabilities, breathing disability, foot disability, headache disability, and joint disability, to provide the Veteran an additional opportunity for examinations and opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, GERD, and persistent depressive disorder. The effective date for the grant of service connection for allergic rhinitis was set to December 22, 2022, due to a liberalizing law under the PACT Act.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus began during active service and is related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but remanded the claims for tinnitus, recurrent groin disability, and recurrent headaches disability to include migraine.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were related to his active duty service.