Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The appeal was dismissed for untimeliness, and service connection claims were denied or remanded based on the evidence of record.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for reversal or revision of prior rating decisions on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) and remanded a claim for service connection for left leg disability.

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and chronic right and left ankle sprains, but denied service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability and PTSD. The claims for a left ear hearing loss disability, chronic left wrist sprain, back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and right foot disability were remanded.

The Veteran withdrew the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and sleep disturbance as secondary to tinnitus.

The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, and an initial disability rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for GERD to include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) prior to September 27, 2023, was also granted.

The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for a low back disability is dismissed, and the remaining claims are remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and diabetes mellitus, type II, based on in-service noise exposure and herbicide exposure, respectively.

The Board remands the Veteran's service connection claims for a left foot disorder, right foot disorder, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and vision disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the diagnosed condition arose during active service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that these conditions are presumed to have been incurred in service based on continuous symptoms since separation.

The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, while his claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The Board remanded the claim for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (claimed as vertigo) due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their initial onset during service and have continued ever since.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 31, 2015, for the grants of service connection for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to deficiencies in the VA examination opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the presumption that it manifested to a degree of 10 percent or more within one year of separation from active service.