Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus had onset during active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's competent and credible statements established all elements of entitlement to service connection.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and a back disability for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for tinnitus, as he is already receiving the maximum schedular evaluation of 10 percent.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his active service.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, with mood congruent psychotic features and anxious distress, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claim for left ear hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for a bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine disability, and left upper extremity disability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his active duty service in Vietnam.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for migraines due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, tinnitus, and left thigh/knee disability, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from June 8, 2010 to September 3, 2020.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss due to his failure to appear at scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The Board granted an effective date of October 3, 2019, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The application to reopen a claim of service connection for tinnitus is granted, and the issues related to sleep disability, left lower extremity weakness, speech (aphonia) and swallowing difficulties, and thrombosis, transient ischemic attack are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded claims for increased ratings for PTSD with alcohol use disorder in remission and traumatic brain injury, as well as service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral optic neuritis with reduced visual fields, left wrist fracture residuals, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, rendered him incapable of substantially gainful employment from May 8, 2019, to August 10, 2021.

The Veteran was granted a rating of 60 percent, but no higher, from December 1, 2019 for the evaluation of Meniere's Syndrome with tinnitus. An earlier effective date than December 1, 2019 for service-connected Meniere's Syndrome with tinnitus was denied.

The Board remands the case for further development regarding the character of discharge and service connection issues due to changes in regulations.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for tinnitus and asthma were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the condition and her military service.