Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are found to be related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor may they be presumed to have been so incurred. The evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology since service, and there is no medical opinion linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disability to include PTSD and depression are not supported by the evidence of record. The Board finds that there is no current diagnosis or competent medical nexus linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board determined that there is no evidence of current bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus, and the Veteran's service treatment records do not show any history of these conditions. Therefore, the claims for service connection for both conditions were denied as they are not supported by competent medical evidence.

The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, was not service-connected. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a service-connected disability that caused or contributed to his death.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no new and material evidence to reopen his previously denied claim for bilateral hearing loss and concluding that he does not have a current disability of tinnitus.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his active military service, and thus grants entitlement to service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his military service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board found that the Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated in active service, and thus denied his claims for service connection.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated by active service, as there was no evidence of hearing loss at separation and no competent medical opinion linking current conditions to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen these claims. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was based on a preexisting condition that worsened during service, but no such evidence has been provided since the last final denial in 2002. For tinnitus, the Board found that there is no competent medical evidence linking the current disability to service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for hearing loss and tinnitus due to incomplete notice under the VCAA, need for additional VA treatment records from the VA CBOC in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, and other relevant medical records.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of current disabilities or a nexus to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, and therefore denied his claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are attributable to his active military service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's service connection claims for hearing loss, tinnitus, and migraine headaches have been granted. The initial rating for migraine headaches remains at noncompensable (0 percent).

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the issues of entitlement to a compensable initial rating for erectile dysfunction, service connection for hypoglycemia, and service connection for costochondritis. As such, these issues are dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus was denied as there is no schedular basis for assigning more than a single, 10 percent rating for tinnitus.