Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that these conditions are presumed to have been incurred in service based on continuous symptoms since separation.

The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, while his claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The Board remanded the claim for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (claimed as vertigo) due to an inadequate medical opinion.

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his in-service noise exposure.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their initial onset during service and have continued ever since.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 31, 2015, for the grants of service connection for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to deficiencies in the VA examination opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the presumption that it manifested to a degree of 10 percent or more within one year of separation from active service.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was dismissed, and the claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss will be readjudicated due to new and relevant evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a direct relationship between the current condition and in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, xerostomia (dry mouth), GERD, dysphagia, and loss of sense of smell. The claim for a compensable rating for the status post-surgical neck scar was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of tinnitus related to service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence demonstrated its onset during active service and has been chronic since then. Other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and a compensable rating for residuals status post fourth metacarpal healed fracture of the right hand. An earlier effective date was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD and cannabis use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for a hearing loss disability. The claims for migraine headaches, anxiety disorder with insomnia, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) were remanded.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for tinnitus as there was no new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, an acquired psychiatric disability, a back condition, tinnitus, and sleep disturbances secondary to PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and lumbosacral strain, but denied service connection for various other back, neck, shoulder, knee, wrist, ankle, and foot disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the in-service noise exposure or toxic exposure risk activity and the current disabilities.