Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was granted because the evidence showed that his service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating greater than 10 percent for tinnitus. The maximum schedular rating for tinnitus is 10 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to September 8, 2009. The evidence did not show that the veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's claim for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected PTSD was granted. The claim for service connection of OSA secondary to PTSD was remanded.

Service connection for the left ankle disability and scars from cyst removal on head is granted. All other conditions are either denied or remanded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and bilateral hearing loss were granted. The claim for an increased rating for tinnitus was denied. Claims for GERD and seizures were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's tinnitus, finding that it began during his active service.

The veteran's claim for service connection of an insomnia disorder secondary to her service-connected tinnitus was granted. The Board found that the evidence supports that the insomnia is at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of the service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's tinnitus, finding that the evidence was in relative equipoise regarding whether the condition was incurred in or caused by service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted. The Board found that the veteran's tinnitus had its onset in service and was related to in-service acoustic trauma.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus based on the Veteran's military occupational specialty and continuous symptoms since service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted because the condition had its onset during service and has continued to the present.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 27, 2022, was granted. However, the claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) from January 27, 2022 to November 29, 2022, was denied.

The veteran's effective date for service connection of tinnitus is granted as March 25, 2022.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted the veteran's appeal regarding the timeliness of his Higher-Level Review (HLR) request for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. The claim for bilateral hearing loss is remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus before January 19, 2023.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been granted.