Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2026

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his right hip disorder and PTSD, do not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation. His non-service connected conditions such as diabetes, pancreatitis, and right eye blindness significantly impact his employment capabilities.

The Board has identified several duty-to-assist errors and is remanding the claims for service connection due to incomplete medical records, lack of proper notification, and inadequate examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were granted with effective dates of June 22, 2020.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that his current diagnosis of tinnitus is related to his in-service exposure to loud noise as a missile crewman.

The Veteran was unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities, and the Board granted a TDIU for the period from February 20, 2020 to January 21, 2022.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, both of which are related to the Veteran's active-duty service due to noise exposure.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military noise exposure during service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and tinnitus, finding that new evidence supports these claims. The Veteran's conditions are related to his in-service injuries.

The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding service connection for hearing loss due to a deferred decision. The Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae, tinnitus, headaches, hypertension, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability have all been denied or not addressed.

The Veteran's recurrent right shoulder degenerative changes to include chronic pain are granted as secondary to the service-connected left shoulder osteoarthritis. The effective date for the award of service connection for lumbosacral strain is set at April 23, 2014.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.

The Veteran's application for PCAFC was remanded due to a change in his disability rating, which now meets the criteria for eligibility.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, psychiatric disability, GERD, DM, CAD, and ED have been granted with effective dates ranging from July 29, 2022 to September 8, 2021. The claim for service connection for OSA was denied.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are due to in-service noise exposure.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for chronic lower back pain due to untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement. The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that it resulted from active duty service.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to have begun during active service or is related to in-service noise exposure. Service connection for this condition is granted.,His low back disability, initially incurred during his first period of active service and exacerbated by a fellow servicemember jumping on his back during IDT, is found to be related to service. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been denied. The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to service, including noise exposure.,Service connection was not granted as the Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish that his current hearing loss or tinnitus began during service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, chronic hepatitis B, cirrhosis of the liver, and pneumonia due to lack of nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.,There was no evidence showing that any of the claimed conditions were present during or within a presumptive period following service.

The Board has denied service connection for tinnitus due to lack of a current diagnosis. The Veteran's claim for service connection for plantar fasciitis is remanded as the VA examination opinion was inadequate and did not consider in-service treatment records.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been dismissed due to the failure to file a timely Notice of Disagreement. The appeal for an increased rating for lumbosacral strain is remanded, as are the issues regarding reactive airway disease.