Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.

The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied, but his claim for tinnitus is granted.

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

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current hearing loss disability was caused by noise exposure during his active duty.,The Veteran withdrew his appeal for entitlement to service connection for tinnitus during a videoconference hearing.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, sinusitis, OSA, and an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include schizoaffective disorder.,The Veteran's claims were not supported by the evidence of record.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are at least as likely as not incurred during his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and his TDIU claim is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, including medical records and articles.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to new evidence. The claims are granted as both conditions are presumed related to in-service acoustic trauma.

Service connection for a disability of the spine, bilateral knee disabilities, bilateral blindness, and left eye disability is denied.,Service connection for tinnitus is granted.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to the invalidity of the VA examination results. The claims are being returned for new examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his current tinnitus and in-service noise exposure.

The Veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or by reason of being housebound was denied as he is not blind, bedridden, or unable to care for most of his daily personal needs without assistance.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the December 2011 VA administrative decision, finding that the character of discharge was not CUE.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to military service. Service connection for PTSD was denied due to lack of credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor.

Service connection is granted for tinnitus. Bilateral hearing loss requires further evaluation.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus are related to in-service acoustic trauma, resulting in a grant of service connection for both conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there is insufficient evidence in the record regarding their etiology.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are not found to be of sufficient severity to produce unemployability, and he is currently working full time as an aviation inspector.

The Veteran's tinnitus and hearing loss are granted as service connected. The Board found that the Veteran experienced ringing in his ears during service, which he continues to experience today, meeting the criteria for service connection.