Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have a combined rating of 60 percent, but the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether they preclude securing and following substantial gainful employment. The Board has granted entitlement to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient medical opinions.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his hearing loss and diabetes mellitus, as well as their impact on employment.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's GERD is denied as not being related to his service or any service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claim for a psychiatric disorder (claimed as nerves) is dismissed as service connection was granted for PTSD with recurrent MDD with anxious distress.,Service connection for tinnitus has been granted, while the claim for BPH is denied.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, but not higher. The diabetes mellitus rating was increased to 40 percent effective from August 3, 2010.,Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are both rated at 20 percent throughout the appeal period.,Sinusitis is currently rated as noncompensable. Tinnitus has already reached its maximum schedular rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral pes planus have been granted.,The Veteran’s claims for service connection for a heart condition (secondary to exposure), left knee condition (secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus), right knee condition (secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus), and back condition with back surgery (secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus and/or alleged bilateral knee disorders) have been remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service. The decision is based on the Veteran's credible statements of in-service noise exposure and the presence of symptoms since service.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's tinnitus as secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is not shown, and service connection for this condition is denied.,Service connection for tinnitus has been granted. The Board finds that the Veteran's tinnitus was onset during active service.

The Board has remanded the claims of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology. The Veteran's in-service noise exposure is considered, but an addendum opinion from a specialist is needed.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied as there was no evidence that the conditions began during or were caused by his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's tinnitus, which is considered a current disability since it was reported during his 2010 VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as the Veteran's tinnitus was not shown to be related to his active duty service, and there is no evidence of continuity of symptomatology or a nexus between the current disability and in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have met the threshold schedular criteria for a TDIU prior to April 5, 2019. However, he has been able to secure and follow substantially gainful employment during this period.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for TDIU on an extra-schedular basis, effective December 2, 2013. The decision is based on the combined effects of his service-connected disabilities rendering him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions alone do not render him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, PTSD, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and left foot stress fracture, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise on whether he is unemployable due to these conditions.

The Veteran's initial disability rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder is denied, and the claims for increased ratings for left shoulder disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, GIST, and GERD are all denied. The claim to reopen service connection for a left elbow and bilateral hand disorder was granted due to new evidence.