Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board denied the claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance or at the housebound rate prior to August 22, 2018.

The Board granted an effective date of December 7, 2015, for the award of service connection for painful surgical scar, left knee, and a 10 percent rating for cluster headaches. It denied earlier effective dates for other issues.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 5, 2021, for tinnitus as there is no evidence establishing service connection.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD but granted individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus and a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to missing service personnel records, treatment records, and relevant civilian police records.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there was no continuous pursuit of his initial claim.

The Board denied the veteran's appeals for both skin rash disability and tinnitus due to untimely filing of the appeal requests.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a cardiac disability, and tinnitus but denied it for chronic bronchitis.

The Veteran was granted an effective date of May 31, 2023, for service connection for tinnitus but denied a higher initial rating and SMC based on housebound status.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, a skin disability to include athlete's foot and onychomycosis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD with memory loss, due to duty-to-assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decisions.

The Board denied service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral tinnitus, and a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis based on the evidence not supporting a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded the claims for restless leg syndrome and panic attacks with unspecified traumatic stressor-related disorder.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, low back disability, left ankle disability, tinnitus, and sciatic nerve impairment due to a lack of evidence supporting a direct relationship between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to deficiencies in the evidence of record.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for sleep apnea, tinnitus, bilateral knee disorders, sinusitis, and bilateral hearing loss. The appeal of service connection for bilateral pes planus is remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of tinnitus as secondary to sinusitis/rhinitis due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected conditions alone cause a need for aid and attendance.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss. The issues of service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and dementia (claimed as memory loss) were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus, as the maximum schedular rating has already been assigned.

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