Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for hair loss, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vision loss in both eyes (claimed as glaucoma and cataracts), and PTSD and bipolar disorder, to include nightmares, night sweats, and sleep disturbance.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a disability manifested by bilateral eye irritation due to the lack of evidence supporting a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board remands the service connection claims for tinnitus and vertigo to obtain VA examinations due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current tinnitus is at least as likely as not related to in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and non-compensable ratings for shin splints, right leg, left leg, and TBI. However, it granted restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain effective June 1, 2023, and remanded claims for service connection for tinnitus, right ankle strain, left ankle strain, and cervical strain.

The Board denied service connection for left foot drop, right foot drop, and bowel disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service. The claim for a higher rating for tinnitus was also denied as the highest schedular rating had been assigned.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that it was less likely than not related to his military service. The issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for left knee tendinopathy, cervical strain, and degenerative arthritis of the spine.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for hearing loss. The appeal was remanded for further action regarding the initial disability ratings for headaches, left and right lower extremity stress fractures.

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

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, from November 6, 2022, and a 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for right ear and left ear hearing loss, as well as tinnitus.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and all claims for service connection were dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension based on new evidence and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) finding of sufficient evidence of an association between exposure to Agent Orange and hypertension.

The Board denied readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for tinnitus as new and relevant evidence was not received.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury, and a causal relationship between the current disability and the in-service disease or injury.

The appeal to establish that a request for higher-level review is valid for an effective date earlier than December 7, 2015, for the award of service connection for tinnitus, was denied.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, left shoulder strain, lumbar strain, status postoperative left knee partial meniscectomy/anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, right long finger sprain, and tinnitus. However, a 10 percent rating was granted for left knee instability, and the denial of an increased initial rating for left foot plantar fasciitis was upheld.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.