Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

Service connection is granted for tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for left knee disability.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to have started during service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to service, as there is relative equipoise of evidence supporting this conclusion. The decision grants service connection for both conditions.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for blurred vision, bilateral hearing loss, dizziness, inhalation injury, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, sleep apnea, GERD, status post excision benign skin mass on the right wrist with residual scar, headache disability, left cubital and carpal tunnel syndrome, right cubital and carpal tunnel syndrome, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and PTSD have all been dismissed due to withdrawal of appeals by the Veteran.,The Veteran's appeals for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left foot disability, and right foot disability are being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted as service-connected. The evidence is at least in equipoise that these conditions manifested during or within one year after service.

The Veteran's ulcerative colitis is granted a 10% rating, but no higher. Service connection for lipomas and onychomycosis are denied. Tinnitus service connection is granted. The claim to reopen the left ankle disorder is denied.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions were not related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied, and he was granted a 30% rating for unspecified anxiety disorder with effective date of September 29, 2015. The other conditions were not found to be service-connected.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to insufficient reasoning in the previous VA examination.

The Veteran's heart disability, along with other service-connected conditions, does not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's tinnitus is service-connected as a chronic disease under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b) due to its onset in service and persistence since.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, and tinnitus) have prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to a service-connected disability, denied service connection for tinnitus and heart condition, and denied service connection for low back disability. The Veteran's claim for increased rating of cervical spine disability is denied, but the issue of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for right upper extremity radiculopathy from June 19, 2017, and left upper extremity radiculopathy remains pending.

The Veteran's vision impairment is not service-connected as it is due to a congenital defect and unrelated to in-service use of medication patches for sea-sickness.,Bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are both service-connected as they began during active service and are linked to acoustic trauma.

The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to August 10, 2016, for the grants of service connection and TDIU/DEA benefits are being remanded due to inextricably intertwined issues.

Service connection is granted for tinnitus, but the kidney disease case is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for neck disability, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), sinusitis, respiratory disability, and psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, have been dismissed. The VA has remanded the issues of service connection for sinusitis, respiratory disability, IBS, and PTSD.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus claims are denied as there is no evidence of a current disability. The claim for service connection for depressive disorder is granted.,Service connection is granted for the Veteran’s lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy (secondary to lumbar spine disability), asthma, congestive heart failure, and hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence does not establish a causal relationship between current tinnitus and military service.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to outstanding service treatment records and a VA examination.