Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining SSA and CSRS/FERS disability records and scheduling a TERA examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a mental health condition, to include PTSD; tinnitus; and sleep disturbance, to include obstructive sleep apnea, due to duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for right knee strain, osteoarthritis, and patellofemoral pain syndrome, a left hip condition, and a right eye injury to include double vision. The Board also granted ratings of 30 percent for migraine headaches prior to December 13, 2021, and 20 percent from March 26, 2022, for left lower extremity radiculopathy (LLER).

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 31, 2020, for the award of service connection for psychiatric disorder and tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment from August 11, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and no nexus between the current complaints and service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the Veteran's reported onset during active service and continuous symptoms since separation.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence to support higher ratings or a link between his claimed conditions and military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral visual discomfort, bilateral dry eye syndrome, and bilateral chronic allergic conjunctivitis but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a fatigue disorder. The claims for increased ratings were also denied.

The Board denied service connection for right ear tinnitus as it is not etiologically related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied service connection for heart problem, sleep apnea, diabetes, stroke, tinnitus, GERD, and hypertension as new and relevant evidence was not received to support the claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant due to a lack of evidence showing that any service-connected disabilities result in loss of use of lower extremities or other qualifying conditions.

The Board granted an effective date of January 7, 2022, for the award of service connection for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and tinnitus.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral tinnitus is dismissed as the benefit sought on appeal has been granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied a higher disability rating for the scar on the left upper arm and granted service connection for back, left knee, and tinnitus disorders.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for a cervical spine disorder on a direct basis, and remanded the claim for a secondary connection to a left-sided degenerative facet hypertrophy at L4-5.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) under the PACT Act.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and bilateral tinnitus. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis was denied. Other claims were either granted or remanded.