Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board found that the grant of service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, and thus severed service connection was improper.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The veteran's skin disability claim is also pending, as are his TDIU claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's tinnitus is related to service and grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus are attributable to his active duty service, resulting in a grant of service connection for these conditions.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of his claimed conditions.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of in-service injury or a continuity of symptomatology.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic tinnitus and chronic bilateral hearing loss disability are at least as likely as not related to his active service, including combat noise exposure. Service connection is granted for these conditions.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus based on the veteran's reported noise exposure during service. The claim was reopened due to new evidence provided since the previous denial in October 1997.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus. The claim for COPD is being remanded as it requires further medical assessment.,Service connection was not granted for bilateral hearing loss or bilateral tinnitus due to lack of current evidence of these conditions, and no link between service and these disabilities could be established.

The Board found no evidence of current bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus, and thus denied the veteran's claims for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of cold injuries, peripheral neuropathy, a circulatory disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The evidence did not establish that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by military service.

The VA denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence to support the claims.

The Board has determined that the cause of death was not service-connected and there is no legal entitlement to DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The Board found no evidence of a causal relationship between the veteran's tinnitus and his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor may they be presumed to have been so incurred or aggravated.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service due to lack of in-service evidence and no demonstrated continuity of symptoms.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are being remanded due to incomplete records, unclear nature of his in-service duties, and the need for a VA audiological examination.

The Board found that the veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated by active duty service, as there was no evidence of such conditions during service. The gap in time between service and post-service complaints also weighed against granting service connection.

The Board granted the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent initial rating with retroactive effective date of January 28, 2005. The earlier effective date claim was denied.