Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right ear hearing loss due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability and no auditory threshold of 40 dB or greater in any relevant frequency, speech recognition score above 94 percent, or combination of three or more frequencies at 26 dB or higher.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, but denied service connection for tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for dry eye syndrome, facial scarring, GERD, and entitlement to individual unemployability.

The Veteran is granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which include PTSD and various peripheral neuropathies.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, but remanded the claims for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was dismissed as the issue is now moot with an effective date assigned by the AOJ.

The Board granted service connection for a skin disorder (tinea cruris) and an initial rating of 30 percent for left shoulder impingement syndrome, but denied other claims including those for back disability, psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, and various knee and ear conditions.

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

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 for bilateral hearing loss, lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, right knee strain, and tinnitus due to the eligibility of VA treatment benefits not surviving the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for a bilateral knee condition, left elbow condition, bilateral foot condition, and schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

The Board granted the petition to readjudicate the claims of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the claims for further adjudication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, plantar fasciitis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for service connection of a traumatic brain injury.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection and increased rating claims, resulting in their dismissal.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, and fibromyalgia as the evidence did not show a current disability according to VA standards or a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active duty.

The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from a March 2024 rating decision that granted service connection for anxiety/depression, left wrist, rhinitis, and tinnitus disabilities.

The Veteran was granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, but the claims for higher ratings for instability, flexion limitation, extension limitation, and tinnitus were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, left foot pain, and right foot pain due to procedural errors in the initial decision.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable since March 20, 2014, and the Board granted an effective date of that date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).