Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in that the AOJ failed to obtain service treatment records.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The appeal for service connection and increased rating for tinnitus, as well as the effective date claim, was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied service connection for a neck strain and obstructive sleep apnea, as there was no evidence of these conditions during the pendency of the claim or approximate thereto. The claims for other conditions were remanded for further development.

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (claimed as loud snoring).

The Board granted service connection for chronic costochondritis and tinnitus, but remanded the claim for sleep apnea.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, as the evidence did not support a finding that the condition had its initial onset during service or was related to active service.

The Veteran's appeals for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals are therefore dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and tinnitus, but remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral hand disability, a bilateral knee/leg disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, a heart disability, and a back disability.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, vision impairment, hypertension, headaches, gastrointestinal ulcers, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was dismissed due to untimely filing.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability and denied service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding a nexus to noise exposure during the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for TMJ, tinnitus, sleep apnea, lumbar spine disability, increased rating for right hip limitation of flexion, compensable rating for right hip impairment of the thigh, and compensable rating for right hip limitation of extension.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral tinnitus, ED, OSA, visual impairment, left-hand disability, and acquired psychiatric disability. However, it granted service connection for a back condition (lumbosacral strain) and remanded claims for other disabilities including right hand, left elbow, right elbow, and right knee.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, a respiratory disability, tinnitus, left lower extremity restless leg syndrome, right lower extremity restless leg syndrome, and left lower extremity sciatica. The initial rating for PTSD was also denied. Some claims were remanded.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of a right lower extremity nerve condition and tinnitus, granted readjudication of the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD), denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, and denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a right knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for tinnitus, a headache disorder, a foot disability, a left ankle disability, a low back disability, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, as the March 1998 rating decision became final and no relevant evidence was added to support a current diagnosis of tinnitus after that date.