Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the appellant's tinnitus manifested during his active-duty military service.

The Board denied TDIU and DEA prior to June 26, 2022 but granted SMC effective April 21, 2023.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 3, 2023, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for tinnitus, service connection for anxiety, lower back pain, and sciatic nerve pain in both lower extremities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus as there is no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and no causal relationship between the current disability and the veteran's active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, but denied service connection for heart disability and prostate cancer.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher disability rating, finding no evidence of entitlement to service connection prior to December 21, 2023, and that the current ratings were appropriate based on the medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus is at least as likely as not related to his active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, deviated nasal septum, and kidney stones while denying service connection for hearing loss, dyspepsia, left thumb ganglion, right wrist pain, left wrist pain, and allergic rhinitis. The Board also granted an increased rating of 30 percent for tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on credible testimony and evidence of in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the 38 U.S.C. � 1114(l 1/2) rate pursuant to 38 U.S.C. � 1114(p), subject to any statutory or regulatory cap.

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

The Veteran's appeal requests for the specified rating decisions were denied as they were not timely filed, and good cause was not shown to accept late filings.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the service-connected tinnitus and granted an earlier effective date of April 2, 2024, but no earlier, for the award of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his active duty service.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus and hearing loss was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.

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

The Board denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for left and right lower extremity restless leg syndrome, a rating in excess of 70 percent for a psychiatric disability, and a compensable rating for left great toe ingrown toenail with tinea unguium. However, the Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for posttraumatic concussive headaches.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, while also denying an initial compensable rating for human papillomavirus (HPV).