Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantial, gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is granted.

The Board granted an effective date of August 1, 2013, for the award of service connection for various conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a left ear condition, to include tinnitus, and a right ear condition, to include tinnitus, based on the evidence showing that these conditions had their onset during active duty.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding their relationship to service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding a nexus to the Veteran's active service. The claim for hearing loss was remanded due to an insufficient private examination report.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea, prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding a relationship to the Veteran's military acoustic trauma.

The Board denied an increased rating for tinnitus, as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent was already assigned. The claims for service connection and a compensable rating for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) and migraine headaches were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) for further development, including obtaining records from the Social Security Administration.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and increased evaluations, resulting in the dismissal of all issues.

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

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with adjustment disorder and service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, headaches condition, cervical spine condition, lumbar spine condition, left shoulder condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, and bilateral foot condition based on the evidence of in-service noise exposure and reports of a continuity of symptomatology from service.

The Board denied the appeal for a higher rating for tinnitus as it is already rated at the maximum 10 percent. The claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, low testosterone, and a neck disorder were remanded due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus is dismissed as the claim has already been granted by a Regional Office of the VA.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease and diabetes due to new evidence suggesting potential exposure to herbicide agents, while denying readjudication of tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current tinnitus had its onset during service due to noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their onset during his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for tinnitus and service connection for a left leg condition, TMJ, and spinal arthritis of the neck.