Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The veteran is unemployable as a result of his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and lower back disability.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to active service, while a right knee disorder is not.,The evidence supports the reopening of the claim for a left thumb disorder but does not support service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that there was no evidence of tinnitus in service or within a year after discharge and no competent medical evidence linking his current condition to military service.

The Board granted an effective date of March 25, 1992, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.

The veteran's PTSD has been manifested by complaints of nightmares, impaired sleep, flashbacks, irritability, lack of motivation, exaggerated startle response, and hypervigilance; objectively, productive of no more than occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency, with Global Assessment of Functioning scores indicating mild to moderate symptoms upon VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus as it was not shown by competent clinical evidence to be etiologically related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence to support a conclusion that these conditions were related to his active service.

The veteran's tinnitus is service-connected, and the Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from February 23, 2004 to March 24, 2005. Other claims were denied or remained at their current ratings.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for further development and examination.

The Board denied service connection for a right foot disability, bilateral ankle disability, defective hearing, and tinnitus as there was no evidence of current disabilities related to the veteran's military service.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is assigned a maximum rating of 10 percent, and the effective date for the award of service connection for tinnitus was properly set at August 24, 2004.

The veteran's right ear hearing loss and tinnitus were service-connected, but his left ear hearing loss was not.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus as there was no evidence linking the conditions to the veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) in Washington, DC, for further development.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and shin splints to the RO for further development.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of a gunshot wound to the left thigh.