Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left and right knee DJD are being remanded due to the need for further development.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left and right knee DJD are being remanded due to the need for further development.

The Board has determined that the evidence does not support a finding of service connection for bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus. The Appellant's periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA do not show any complaints, treatment, or diagnosis related to these conditions.,For the skin disorder, chronic rhinitis, and sinusitis claims, new opinions are needed as the VA examinations did not differentiate between ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA periods.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of tinnitus, finding that no claim was filed prior to September 16, 2016.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's headache disorder is service connected, but has not yet made a decision on his tinnitus claim. The case is being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were remanded due to incomplete or insufficient evidence. The lumbar spine disability was rated at 20 percent, bilateral knee disabilities at 10 percent, right ankle disability at 10 percent, tinnitus at 10 percent, and migraine disability at noncompensable. Service connection for elbow, hand, left ankle, IBS, GERD, upper extremity nerve disorder, and lower extremity nerve disorder were denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were denied in a previous decision. The effective dates for the grants of service connection are set at November 3, 2018.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but the issues of service connection for sleep apnea and migraine headaches are remanded due to procedural errors.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service connected, with the onset during his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, as he was able to perform sedentary work.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development to determine if the veteran had qualifying periods of active duty training or inactive duty training, and to obtain medical records. The cases will be reviewed again based on this additional information.

The Board dismissed the appeal of the issue regarding bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus was denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 6, 2017, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus was also denied.

The Veteran's tinnitus was found to have started during his military service and has continued since then, meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection. The Board has remanded the issue of bilateral hearing loss due to noise exposure in service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as they are related to his periods of Active Duty Training (ACDUTRA) and Inactive Duty Training (INACDUTRA). The dates of these periods need to be verified, and a new medical opinion is required to determine if the conditions were caused by or related to these training periods.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and right ear tinnitus, finding that these conditions are related to noise exposure during INACDUTRA (inactive duty training) in September 1967.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted. The Board found that the Veteran had current disabilities, experienced acoustic trauma during service, and provided sufficient evidence to establish a causal relationship between his conditions and service.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during his active service and are related to his MOS as a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, finding that they preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.