Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his military service.

The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss are found to be related to service, leading to a grant of service connection for both conditions.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss have been denied. The maximum schedular rating of 10 percent has already been assigned for both conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus, left foot disorder, and lumbar spine disorder were not incurred in or related to his military service. The case is being remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are due to in-service acoustic trauma and continuous symptoms since service separation. The decision is based on presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected due to exposure during combat service, with the presumption of service connection for noise-induced hearing loss.

Your claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been dismissed because the Veteran did not file a valid Notice of Disagreement (NOD) as required by VA regulations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current disabilities and service.

The Board has granted service connection for hearing loss and denied service connection for tinnitus and low back disability. Hearing loss is found to be related to in-service noise exposure, while the evidence does not support a finding that tinnitus or low back disability are related to service.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is remanded due to an inadequate August 2019 medical opinion and the need for a VA examination/medical opinion regarding the relationship between tinnitus and migraine headaches.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current tinnitus is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure. However, the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied due to a lack of evidence showing the condition began during service or was otherwise related to an in-service injury.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and irritable bowel syndrome.,Service connection was granted for tinnitus.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 20, 2018, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus is denied as there was no formal claim after the April 2018 Board decision and prior to her petition to reopen on August 20, 2018.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety disorder. The claims of service connection for tinnitus, respiratory disorder (undiagnosed), and chronic fatigue disorder (undiagnosed) are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, pes planus, and disabilities of the knees due to a lack of medical examination.

The Veteran's petition to reopen the previously denied claim for restricted lung disease (COPD and bronchial asthma) has been withdrawn. The issues of service connection for traumatic brain injury, left knee degenerative joint disease, tinnitus, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and migraine headaches have all been granted.,The Veteran's petition to reopen the previously denied claim for left knee degenerative joint disease has been granted. The issues of service connection for traumatic brain injury, tinnitus, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and migraine headaches have all been remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for pituitary gland tumor was withdrawn. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to insufficient rationale in previous opinions, and requests that additional evidence be obtained.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and psoriasis, including as due to herbicide exposure. The decision found no current disability for psoriasis and that the Veteran's reports of tinnitus were not supported by medical evidence.