Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing on a supplemental claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date for TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, and the reduction in the rating of lumbosacral strain with IVDS from 40 percent to 20 percent was not proper; the 40 percent rating is restored effective September 18, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as they are related to a service-connected psychiatric disability. The back and tinnitus claims were remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for hearing loss, while remanding claims for a left shoulder disorder and neck disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board grants the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on his service-connected conditions, including PTSD with TBI residuals, headaches, low back conditions with left lower extremity radiculopathy, and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of tinnitus related to in-service noise exposure. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but denied an increased disability rating for the Veteran's herniated nucleus pulposus with post-traumatic arthritis of the lumbar spine.

The Board remands several issues for further development, including service connection claims and an earlier effective date claim.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no current diagnosis of tinnitus and that the evidence did not support a link between the veteran's in-service noise exposure and any symptoms he reported.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, effective May 22, 2024.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 10, 2020 for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for chronic fatigue with pain.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of July 18, 2019 for the grants of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and left knee arthritis (extension) due to good cause established by the Veteran's intent to file a claim during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's in-service noise exposure and his current condition.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's cervical spine disability and service connection for left knee arthritis post arthroplasty, right knee degenerative arthritis, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and service connection for right ear hearing loss, but granted service connection for tinnitus.