Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD. The veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are not currently service-connected.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, finding no current diagnoses or evidence of in-service injury or disease that would support these claims.

The Board denied service connection for a dental condition, tinnitus, and residuals of an injury to the right hand. The conditions were not found to be incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that new evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims. The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's current hearing problems are more likely due to other causes rather than in-service noise exposure.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by service, and may not be presumed to have been incurred or aggravated therein. The evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of ulnar nerve compression/ulnar neuropathy. The rating for left shoulder disability was also denied.

The Board has granted the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for residuals of ear infections, to include bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The issue is now on the merits.

The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected Meniere's disease, effective October 28, 2005.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are not related to his military service, and thus denied both claims.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development of his claims, including obtaining VA treatment records and issuing a statement of the case for his tinnitus claim.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.

The Board found no current disability of tinnitus and determined that the veteran's complaints were more consistent with normal hearing than true tinnitus. Therefore, service connection for tinnitus was denied.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, the maximum rating authorized under Diagnostic Code 6260. There is no legal basis for a higher rating as there is only one disability rating allowed for bilateral tinnitus.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is assigned a maximum rating of 10 percent, and therefore cannot be rated separately for each ear.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, which represents a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal.

The veteran is not shown to be unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of his service connected disabilities, and the Board finds that his inability to work is due to nonservice-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's otitis media status post perforated left ear drum, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were not incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of the veteran's claimed tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for additional development due to outstanding medical records and treatment from private providers and VA.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his military service, while his bronchial asthma, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine are not service-connected.