Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

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

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 6, 2024, for the grant of service connection for left knee scar and denied entitlement to a higher rating for tinnitus and a compensable evaluation for left knee scar.

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

The appeal for service connection for multiple disabilities, including cervical spine, lumbar spine, right knee, right lower extremity nerve, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, is remanded due to the VA Regional Office's failure to comply with its duty to assist by making additional attempts to schedule the Veteran for examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a timely filing of an appeal regarding service connection and initial rating for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as other conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for tinnitus, as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent has already been assigned. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, interstitial lung disease, and squamous cell carcinoma were remanded due to incomplete evidence.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The appeal regarding obstructive sleep apnea was remanded for further development.

The appeals for service connection of tinnitus and a cyst/benign growth are withdrawn, and the appeal for service connection of headaches as secondary to tinnitus is denied.

The Veteran's mental health disorder was granted a 30 percent rating effective October 19, 2022, while other claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for migraine disability and bilateral pes planus due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and colon polyps but granted service connection for a low back disability. The claim for hemorrhoids was remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's motion to reverse the January 2013 rating decision that denied service connection for tinnitus, on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), and denied entitlement to an effective date prior to April 17, 2023, for the award of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for various other conditions, as well as increased rating claims.

The Board grants service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and squamous cell carcinoma based on the evidence of record being in equipoise.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for migraines, a vestibular disorder, and dizziness and giddiness were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current tinnitus is related to in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board remanded both bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus claims due to inadequate medical opinions that failed to properly address causation. The Regional Office found current disabilities and conceded high probability of in-service noise exposure and trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure, but the opinions were legally deficient and required correction before adjudication on the merits.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for various conditions as the appeals were not timely filed.