Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied an effective date earlier than September 15, 2023, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient notice regarding a VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded one claim for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The other claims are remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, and remanded claims for a psychiatric disability, memory loss disorder, tinnitus, and peripheral vestibular disorder with vertigo.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for left knee tri-compartmental osteoarthritis, stress fracture of the tibia; tinnitus; and right great toe status post fracture, 1st distal phalanx.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left elbow disability, tinnitus, testicle disability (including erectile dysfunction), and peripheral neuropathy in all extremities due to lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or a nexus to service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as the evidence did not support a finding that it was related to in-service noise exposure or manifested within one year of discharge.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including residuals of facial burns, Parkinsonism, PTSD, tinnitus, and right-ear hearing loss, prevented him from performing the physical and mental acts required for employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the matter for a VA Housebound and Aid and Attendance examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with TBI renders him permanently housebound.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart, upper and lower extremity, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus disabilities, and TDIU due to insufficient medical evidence.

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

The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and a bilateral tinnitus disability, finding that the criteria for both were met.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral tinnitus as moot, and remanded several other claims for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or retain substantially gainful employment from May 7, 2007 through October 7, 2013.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, remanded the claims for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy and a traumatic brain injury (TBI) for further development.

The Board granted service connection for frost bite in feet, trench foot, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a lung condition, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claim for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities as secondary to coronary artery disease was denied, along with the claim for a skin condition.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD prior to August 7, 2019, and the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent from that date was denied. The TDIU claim was also denied.

The Board grants an effective date of March 19, 2023, but no earlier, for the awards of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus. For the initial disability rating, a 50 percent rating is granted for hearing loss, while tinnitus remains at 10 percent.