Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a skin condition (claimed as dermatitis) due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to missing service treatment records.

The appeal to readjudicate the claim of service connection for PTSD is granted, and service connection for bilateral tinnitus is also granted. The claims for service connection for anxiety and depression are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and migraines due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis and lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The Board denied a rating greater than 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the claims for ratings greater than 20 percent for left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome and greater than 30 percent for right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, finding no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and her military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the cause of death to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the May 2020 rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding no evidence of a nexus between in-service noise exposure or toxic exposures and the current diagnosis.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the August 2001 decision.

The Board vacated its July 23, 2024 decision and granted an earlier effective date for the initial grant of service connection for erectile dysfunction to August 25, 2015. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The veteran withdrew the appeal in its entirety, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and right shoulder mild bursal surfaces of rotator cuff tendinosis due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to obtain an addendum VA etiology opinion.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for tinnitus, right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss due to an impermissible concurrent election of appeal lanes.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, and tinnitus based on the evidence showing a relationship to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service-connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, secondary to the now service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The claim for major depressive disorder was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for PTSD, left leg pain, right leg pain, an earlier effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for headaches, and a compensable rating for headaches.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, high blood pressure, left knee condition, right knee condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and skin condition.