Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and athletes foot (tinea pedis) to schedule examinations to determine their nature and etiology.

The Board denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and 40 percent for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded the issue of service connection for a right foot disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claim for service connection for epileptic seizure was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his active service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, back, and tinnitus disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran withdrew all pending issues on appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or a grant of service connection.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to allow further development, including obtaining potentially outstanding service department records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, and various peripheral neuropathies and cardiovascular disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. The Board also granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance, denied an increased rating for PTSD beyond the current 100% rating, denied earlier effective dates for SMC housebound status and DEA benefits, and dismissed the issue of a TDIU as moot.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition began during his active duty and has persisted since then.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on a continuity of symptomatology since the Veteran's active duty service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for sleep apnea and bilateral tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with mild primary arthritis in the facet joints and bilateral tinnitus, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and a rating increase for left ear hearing loss. The decision also remanded an issue related to right foot plantar fasciitis.

The Board denied service connection for scars of the bilateral hands and arms, denied higher ratings for knee strain, dyspnea, erectile dysfunction, and tinnitus, and remanded several other issues including service connection for headaches disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, traumatic brain injury, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining relevant treatment records from the Florida Department of Corrections.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for vertigo and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, finding that the current ratings adequately reflect the severity of these conditions.

The Board granted entitlement to TDIU from January 23, 2015 to October 16, 2017 based on the aggregate impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluding substantially gainful employment. The Board denied service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), finding the evidence persuasively weighs against any relationship to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there was not sufficient evidence to show that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus with hyperacusis.