Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Veteran has withdrawn the entire appeal, and all claims have been dismissed.

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

The Board granted service connection for a back disability secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and assigned an initial rating of 10 percent for hypertension.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for entitlement to earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for a right ankle disability, right knee disability, left ankle disability, left knee disability, and lumbosacral disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to request additional Reserve service treatment records.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and initial ratings for tinnitus and right ear hearing loss, respectively. The claim for erectile dysfunction was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during service and have continued to the present.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of current disability or worsening symptoms.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent election of review under multiple appeal lanes, which is prohibited by law.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current condition was related to his time in service.

The appeal seeking service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The back condition and frostbite of the hands and feet were remanded for further examination.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and denied service connection for various other conditions, including allergies/rhinitis, right hip joint pain inflammation - range of motion condition, left lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, migraine / tension headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and right foot inversion. The Board remanded several claims for further development.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on unemployability (TDIU) from November 5, 2008, to October 18, 2011, from January 1, 2012, to October 23, 2012, from February 1, 2013, to February 23, 2014, and from April 1, 2015, to March 10, 2024.

The Veteran was granted a single 100 percent rating for residuals of right ear otitis media, vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. An earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus to allow the RO to review additional evidence.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, type II diabetes mellitus, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, a mid/lower back disability, a right knee disability, a neck disability, a left shoulder disability, a left hip disability, a right hip disability, and migraine headaches.