Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for both bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, attributing these conditions to the veteran's military service.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings and service connection for various conditions were mostly denied. However, the claims for allergic rhinitis and asthma were remanded for further consideration.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's tinnitus, finding it attributable to his active military service.

The veteran is granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines. The claim for total disability due to service-connected migraines is remanded.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection for tinnitus due to errors in the duty to assist. The Veteran may need to submit new evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for tinnitus. The maximum rating for tinnitus is 10 percent, and the effective date starts from the claim receipt date.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) prior to September 26, 2020. The decision was based on evidence showing the veteran could perform sedentary work and was gainfully employed until October 31, 2014.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. All other claims are remanded for further review.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Veteran's representative argued that the Veteran had submitted arguments regarding these issues, but the Board did not find any such arguments in the record.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, migraines, tinnitus, and sleep apnea, due to new and relevant evidence. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. The other conditions are remanded for further development.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities are severe enough to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, so he is granted total disability due to individual unemployability.

Service connection for tinnitus is denied. The claims for an increased rating for GERD and service connection for right shoulder disorder, right knee disorder, left hip disorder, ED, and a right hip disorder are remanded.

The veteran's claim for right ear hearing loss was denied. The claims for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus were remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded for further review.

The appeal for a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded. The Board needs more information about the veteran's employment history and status.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for an effective date prior to January 13, 2020, for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a July 2010 rating decision.

The veteran's appeals for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were dismissed due to untimely filing.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus has been granted. The Board found that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to an in-service occurrence.

The VA denied higher ratings for several conditions but granted a separate 10% rating for hallux valgus and 40% ratings for radiculopathy in both lower extremities starting from March 20, 2020. TDIU was also granted from the same date.,,,,,,,,The VA did not find new and relevant evidence to reopen claims for hypertension, tinnitus, or bilateral hearing loss.,,,,