Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The appeal for a higher disability rating for tinnitus was dismissed due to the lack of a valid rating decision to appeal.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss because audiological testing showed the Veteran did not meet VA's criteria for hearing loss disability. The Board remanded the tinnitus claim because the January 2023 VA medical opinion regarding secondary service connection was based on an incorrect factual premise and was inadequate for adjudication.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and PTSD, due to a lack of sufficient medical evidence. The tinnitus claim is denied as new and relevant evidence has not been submitted.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted an initial rating of 40 percent for residuals of traumatic brain injury with vertigo and 30 percent for migraine headaches, while denying a compensable rating for right orbital bone status post blowout fracture and a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his tinnitus is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected PTSD and other conditions did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus as it is due to the Veteran's service-connected migraines.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for initial disability ratings and service connection, thus dismissing all claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and right ankle avulsion fracture residuals with peroneal and posterior tibial tendinitis and arthritis.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of tinnitus due to a predecisional duty-to-assist error regarding an inadequate VA medical nexus opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for CUE in the February 14, 2013 and June 23, 2014 rating decisions that denied service connection for tinnitus and hearing loss.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to a procedural defect.

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

The Board remands the claim for an extraschedular total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to April 30, 2020, as it needs additional medical evidence to differentiate between symptoms attributable to service-connected and non-service-connected conditions.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome, tinnitus, chronic sinusitis, and decreased sex drive. The initial rating assigned for migraines was set at 50 percent.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for a sinus condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, diabetes mellitus, and tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability, and dismissed the appeal for tinnitus as untimely.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence was at least in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's tinnitus was caused by military service.