Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left knee, right knee, left wrist, right wrist, back, OSA, anxiety disorder, eating/feeding disorder, radicular pain in the right lower extremity, and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for a refund of a VA funding fee to obtain additional records and readjudicate the decision with consideration that the Veteran was still on active duty and receiving service pay at the time of the closing of his home loan.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, tinnitus, lung problems, jaw problems, and folliculitis due to the Veteran's inability to report for VA examinations.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a compensable rating for left ear sensorineural hearing loss due to an unperformed VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, sinusitis, and tinnitus. A 10 percent rating was granted for chronic headaches from December 22, 2021.

The Board is remanding the claim for service connection for tinnitus due to a duty to assist error by the AOJ.

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

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for tinnitus, and the Board dismissed the claim.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issue of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between the condition and his military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his tinnitus had its onset during active service.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral ovarian cysts, granted a 10 percent rating for right and left foot hallux valgus, dismissed the claim for a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable disabilities as moot, and denied service connection for tinnitus, right hip disorder with bursitis, left hip disorder with bursitis, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and arthritis, degenerative, left.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for various other conditions, including cluster headaches, traumatic brain injury, allergic rhinitis, and others. Some claims were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied an increased rating for type II diabetes mellitus. Other conditions were granted as complications of the diabetes.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with generalized anxiety disorder, effective January 5, 2023, and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The appeal was dismissed for persistent depressive disorder as it is not clearly distinguishable from the Veteran's already service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issue of left lower extremity radiculopathy due to a duty to assist error.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was dismissed as the issue is now moot due to a favorable grant of service connection.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar strain and tinnitus disabilities, dismissed the appeal for depression, and denied the claim for a left eye condition. The Board also granted service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain a new VA etiology opinion as the previous opinions were found inadequate.