Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for left knee, right shoulder, and left shoulder conditions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for a foot condition, left hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, and back condition.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an initial rating of 40 percent, but no higher, for left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), while remanding the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar strain with Intervertebral Disc Syndrome.

The Board remands the claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU due to inadequate medical examinations or new laws requiring additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in relative equipoise that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his active military service.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for hypertension, service connection for diabetes mellitus, and service connection for tinnitus due to missing evidence and potential exposure errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Meniere's disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to incomplete evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise to support a conclusion that the Veteran's tinnitus began during active service and has continued since that time.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for a left knee disability, tubular adenoma of the colon, and diabetes mellitus due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased rating claims, finding that the earliest allowable date under law is January 19, 2022.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied increased ratings for cervical strain and lumbosacral strain, granted a 10 percent rating for right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy from February 20, 2019, to present, and granted TDIU from May 8, 2020, to March 17, 2021.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, as the maximum schedular rating has already been assigned.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and left ear sensorineural hearing loss, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The appeal for service connection for sinusitis, allergies, and vertigo was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety), hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus is etiologically linked to hazardous noise exposure during his active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a link between the condition and in-service noise exposure.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for tinnitus and a left knee disability because the claims were granted with the earliest effective date possible, rendering them moot.