Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and a sinus condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus to obtain additional evidence, specifically the May 2024 audiogram results and a new VA examination for tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to obtain a VA examination and opinion.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, tinnitus, and cold weather injuries with residual numbness in both great toes.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but remanded the claim for a right foot disorder.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a May 2023 rating decision granting service connection for tinnitus, GERD and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy.

The Board granted service connection for a lower back disorder and tinnitus, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for hearing loss due to inadequate VA examination.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance, as well as an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance, or for adaptive equipment only.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange. The claim for a prostate disability was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and conceded acoustic trauma during service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus, status-post right inguinal hernia repair, and status-post right hydrocelectomy with orchialgia and orchiditis.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for bilateral elbow disorders, a psychiatric disorder, and a migraine disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for tinnitus and denied a higher initial rating for tinnitus, as the Veteran's claim was received on October 27, 2023, and she is already assigned the maximum 10 percent evaluation.

The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, except for sinusitis which was granted a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and remanded the claim for a penile condition due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and granted an initial separate and compensable disability rating of 10 percent, and no higher, for vertigo secondary to tinnitus. Other claims were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as the prior VA examinations are inadequate.

The Board granted service connection for GERD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and bilateral tinnitus based on credible medical evidence.