Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and ratings of erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, and PTSD, as well as higher ratings for tinnitus, migraine headaches, and PTSD with TBI. The Board also denied service connection for sleep apnea and ADHD, and remanded the matter of entitlement to a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for hearing loss, left ear.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it to be related to acoustic trauma sustained during active service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for a low back disability, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability, and a hernia.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for all service connection and initial rating claims, resulting in their dismissal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for insomnia, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and throat pain due to a lack of compliance with previous remand instructions.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to July 18, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and the acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and MDD), but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss.

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

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus to obtain additional evidence regarding the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities during service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for a hearing loss disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury. The claims for secondary service connection for bladder incontinence and cervical spine degenerative disc disease were remanded.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and ratings, granted a 30 percent rating for dizziness, and remanded several claims.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, prostate cancer, a disability manifested by lower extremity numbness, and vertigo due to the lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The appeal concerning entitlement to service connection for tinnitus was dismissed by the Veteran prior to the Board's decision.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder and tinnitus, remanded claims for a right wrist disability, a right ankle disability, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, and an OSA rating.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, left and right, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, left knee degenerative arthritis, and migraines, but denied a compensable rating for migraines.