Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including migraines, bilateral knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, ankle disability, back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, scars on the head, neck, or face, and tinnitus, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss to ensure that due process is followed and there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claim.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD and denied an increased rating for tinnitus, while remanding the issue of entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of onset during or shortly after active duty and that his current condition is more likely related to post-service occupational noise exposure.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted, while the claims for a compensable rating for right and left leg shin splints were denied. The left leg shin splints claim was remanded.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and initial disability ratings for various conditions, including a nerve disability, duodenal ulcer, GERD with Barrett's esophagus, residual right ankle and right knee scars, left ear hearing loss, post traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, right knee strain, and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence supporting a medical nexus between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current conditions.

The Veteran was granted increased disability ratings for adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and insomnia from August 11, 2020 to July 28, 2021, and service connection for tinnitus, headaches, and bilateral shoulder tendinosis. Erectile dysfunction was denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubts in the Veteran's favor and finding a relationship between the disability and in-service noise exposure.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, high blood pressure, and tinnitus due to a need for further development.

The Board denied service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, and left upper extremity radiculopathy. The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to March 11, 2021, for a left knee strain and bilateral tinnitus was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for left knee condition and right knee condition due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for tinnitus as new and relevant evidence was not received to readjudicate the claim.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depression with anxious distress and a 10 percent rating for his bilateral epididymitis, while denying ratings for his other conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, as no new and material evidence was received prior to April 27, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for anxiety.

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

The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for lumbosacral strain, tinnitus, asthma, rhinitis, and a compensable disability rating for rhinitis.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and various increased rating claims, as well as effective date claims, while remanding the claim for service connection for Hodgkin's disease.