Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and hearing loss, finding a nexus between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current disabilities.

All appeals for service connection and evaluations of various conditions were dismissed as duplicative, with decisions already issued in January 2025.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for right shoulder strain disability is dismissed, and the claim of service connection for tinnitus will be readjudicated due to new evidence. The claims for bilateral hearing loss and a dental disability are denied.

The Board granted service connection for a respiratory disability, sinus headaches, and tinnitus. The claims for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis, left jugular venous distention, bilateral hearing loss, and multiple noncompensable disabilities were denied or dismissed.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and higher ratings, but granted a 20% rating for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the right and left lower extremities, as well as TDIU from March 30, 2011 to February 14, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for sinusitis and rhinitis.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claim for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding the evidence to be in relative equipoise as to whether these conditions had their onset during active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral foot condition, left hip condition, and stomach condition due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, both determined to be related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 11, 2021, for the grant of individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation based on persistent depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right knee condition, left knee condition, and right hip condition for readjudication by the AOJ in light of new evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it to be causally related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied an effective date prior to January 25, 2022, for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as initial ratings in excess of 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss and 10 percent for tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for tinnitus to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain a new medical opinion addressing the adequacy of previous VA opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability due to insufficient evidence.