Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a sinus disability due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted a disability evaluation of 30 percent for the Veteran's headaches, but denied service connection for lumbar spine, right hip, and right lower extremity nerve disabilities. The claims for PTSD, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, tinnitus, and hearing loss were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for acromegaly, a pituitary adenoma, and tinnitus due to missing active duty service treatment records and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to a need for an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, as well as a compensable rating for the linear scar on the right index finger.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an increased rating for degenerative disc disease, thoracolumbar spine with neural encroachment L4-5, but denied service connection for sleep apnea and a righthand disability. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected diabetes, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from May 30, 2008 to prior to March 3, 2011.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it at least as likely as not attributable to in-service noise exposure.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, remanded claims for left shoulder impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tendonitis, obstructive sleep apnea, and a right foot condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation of thoracic outlet syndrome with left shoulder involvement, dismissed an appeal regarding a proposed reduction in the evaluation of thoracic outlet syndrome with right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and denied earlier effective dates for service connection for scar, right upper extremity, as well as claims for a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy, as well as awards of service connection for various peripheral neuropathies and amputations.

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

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for functional abdominal pain syndrome and migraine, and granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for tinnitus and granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied a higher rating and an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, right ankle degenerative joint disease, and tinnitus, prevent him from obtaining and maintaining gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the appeal of deferment of entitlement to service connection for PTSD as due to military sexual trauma, which was not a final action.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including headaches, tinnitus, cervical degenerative disc disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and others, as there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury relating to these disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus began during his active service and that his migraine headaches were caused by his now service-connected tinnitus.