Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee scar, status-post infrapatellar ligament tear surgical repair, left knee degenerative joint disease with limitation of motion and pain, left knee infrapatellar ligament tear, status-post repair, tinnitus, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded several issues for further development.

The Board denied service connection for 'burn ban' and granted an effective date of May 12, 2020, but no earlier, for the award of service connection for coccydynia. The Board also denied various rating claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to unfulfilled remand directives, including obtaining an updated opinion considering both the ASA and ISO-ANSI standards.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from November 23, 2012.

The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for left and right leg chronic venous insufficiency and tinnitus, but remanded other related issues for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for bilateral hearing loss due to inadequate medical evidence.

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

The Board granted service connection for bilateral shin splints and denied service connection for tinnitus, while remanding claims for a back condition and sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, hypertension, low back disability, bilateral pes planus, and bilateral shin splints to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as no complete claim was received within one year of her intent to file claims in 2020 and 2021.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for acquired psychiatric disability and brain aneurysm.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to noise exposure during his active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating for tinnitus or a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was also denied as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD or other mental health condition.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, a compensable evaluation for the fracture of the right angle of the mandible, and an increased rating for tinnitus. The claim for service connection for a heart disorder was remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for various conditions, including left hip degenerative joint disease, right hip degenerative joint disease, and others.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on Aid and Attendance for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran is helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance by way of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as the most probative evidence does not indicate that the Veteran has a current disability of tinnitus that was incurred in or due to his time in service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus due to duty-to-assist errors, including missing private medical records and inadequate VA examination opinions.