Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the Veteran's in-service acoustic trauma and continuous symptoms since service.

The Board denied the claims for an increased rating for tinnitus and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, metatarsalgia, left elbow lateral epicondylitis, left knee strain, right knee strain, and lumbosacral strain. The claims for service connection were remanded due to missing records.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for a right knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, headaches as secondary to PTSD, left hip strain as secondary to a left ankle disability, and GERD as secondary to multiple service-connected disabilities.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's condition began in service and has continued to the present.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and hearing loss for accrued benefits purposes due to a lack of credible evidence showing he had these conditions during his lifetime.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus began during his active duty and has continued since then.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and a low back condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, allergic rhinitis, tinnitus, and hypertension due to a need for additional evidentiary development.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the issue of service connection for headaches as secondary to tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, but denied service connection for PTSD, joint pains, bilateral hearing loss, and an eye disability.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, both of which are presumed to have been incurred in service due to the Veteran's noise exposure during his active duty.

The Board denied service connection for low back, neck, right ankle, left ankle, and hearing loss conditions but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, left shoulder, thoracolumbar spine, foot, psychiatric disorder, and diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for service connection for vertigo and bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus and lumbar strain due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings as there is no justiciable case or controversy for active consideration by the Board, given that the Veteran's claims were fully granted in a subsequent rating decision.

The appeal for a TDIU is remanded to the Undersecretary for Benefits or the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration under 38 C.F.R. §4.16(b).

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and posterior scalp scarring, remanded the claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and dismissed the appeal seeking compensation for a skin condition.