Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board remands several issues for further development, including service connection claims and an earlier effective date claim.

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

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

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no current diagnosis of tinnitus and that the evidence did not support a link between the veteran's in-service noise exposure and any symptoms he reported.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, effective May 22, 2024.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 10, 2020 for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for chronic fatigue with pain.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of July 18, 2019 for the grants of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and left knee arthritis (extension) due to good cause established by the Veteran's intent to file a claim during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current condition.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's cervical spine disability and service connection for left knee arthritis post arthroplasty, right knee degenerative arthritis, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and service connection for right ear hearing loss, but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and remanded claims for tinnitus and thoracolumbar spine disability.

The Board denied the petition to reopen entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, granted service connection for hypertension on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act, and denied service connection for a gum/dental disability. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and tinnitus were also denied.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of service connection for PTSD and erectile dysfunction, dismissed the claim for dyshidrotic eczema and tinea pedis, and granted service connection for various other conditions including lumbar degenerative arthritis with IVDS, right and left lower extremity radiculopathies, right and left knee degenerative arthritis, chronic rhinitis, tinnitus, bilateral pes planus, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and initial compensable ratings for various conditions, as well as dismissed a claim for service connection for septal deviation.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus was at least as likely as not incurred during his period of active duty from November 25, 2011 to December 23, 2012.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current tinnitus was incurred in service.

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

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 11, 1992, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.