Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, sinusitis, and sleep apnea but granted service connection for bilateral ankle strain and bilateral knee strain. The claims for increased ratings were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, sleep apnea, cervical spine (neck) disability, lumbar spine (back) disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and erectile dysfunction. The appeal was dismissed for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder due to the grant of an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

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

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for headaches and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for gastrointestinal, upper respiratory, and cardiovascular signs or symptoms effective August 10, 2022, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and erectile dysfunction. Tinnitus was also granted.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, hypertension, low back disability, left sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia of left leg, bilateral elbow disability, and respiratory insufficiency (dyspnea) with nodules in lungs. The claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder, service connection for generalized anxiety disability, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss were remanded.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for multiple conditions due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for tinnitus was dismissed due to a concurrent election of administrative review options.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during his active duty and are related to in-service noise exposure.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain a new medical opinion that provides an adequate rationale regarding their relationship to the Veteran's active service.

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

The Board granted an effective date of July 17, 2017, for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for chronic headaches, edema of the bilateral feet, and left knee pain were remanded.

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

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 1, 2019, and an effective date of the same for eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

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

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, left ankle disorder, and right ankle disorder. The claims for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, left hip degenerative arthritis, right hip degenerative arthritis, respiratory infection, and chronic sinusitis were remanded for further development.

The veteran's appeal requests for the issues of right jaw injury and facial scar, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied as untimely filed.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus, but granted service connection for a left knee condition, to include patellofemoral arthritis.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus in the right ear to schedule a VA examination due to an alleged in-service event and current disability.