Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no evidence of current disabilities or a link to service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for his bilateral hearing loss and the propriety of an initial 10 percent rating for his tinnitus.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and a sleep disorder, finding no current evidence of these conditions. The bowel disorder and tinnitus were granted as service-connected.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus effective from July 8, 1998. The veteran's current evaluation is 20 percent.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral tinnitus and residuals of right ankle fracture as there is no competent evidence of current diagnoses.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, as he has other unrelated physical ailments that have prevented him from working.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of PTSD and tinnitus, finding that no prior claim was made before November 21, 1994.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claim for right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 28, 2001 for grants of service connection for right shoulder disability, hearing loss, left ear, and tinnitus. The decision is based on the statutory provision that requires VA to assign an effective date no earlier than the day following a veteran's discharge or release from active service.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the veteran's conditions are related to noise exposure during service.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is linked to his current tinnitus, and the Board has granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board finds that the veteran's right ear hearing loss and tinnitus are related to exposure to acoustic trauma during service, and grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for defective hearing and tinnitus in April 1991, citing the lack of objective evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to new and material evidence. With resolution of reasonable doubt, the Board finds that these conditions are related to the veteran's period of active service.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus, finding that the evidence submitted was not new and material.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, with a rating of 10% each. The effective date for the award of a compensable evaluation for tinnitus is set at February 18, 1998.

The Board has granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent for costochondritis, which the veteran claimed as back pain. The evaluation for tinnitus remains at noncompensable.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for tinnitus and a higher rating have been denied. The RO has assigned the maximum schedular evaluation of 10 percent for tinnitus, which is the highest available under VA regulations.

The veteran's tinnitus is currently rated as 10 percent disabling, and the Board has determined that a higher rating is not warranted.