Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board has determined that the appellant did not file an adequate substantive appeal regarding his claims for service connection and nonservice-connected pension purposes. As a result, these issues are dismissed.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus are not well grounded. The evidence does not establish an in-service injury or event, nor a current disability, and there is no medical nexus between any present condition and service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and determined that a noncompensable evaluation was appropriate for left ear hearing loss.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted a compensable rating of 10% for tinnitus. The veteran's hearing loss is found to be directly related to service, while his tinnitus is also considered service-connected.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded, meaning there was insufficient evidence to support these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, histoplasmosis and its residuals, hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and lumbar back strain with degenerative disc disease. The RO granted a 40 percent evaluation for the lumbar condition effective April 12, 1995.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a claim of service connection for tinnitus was also denied.

The Board found that the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left ankle fracture, hearing loss and tinnitus are not well grounded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of hepatitis, and disabilities secondary to herbicide and asbestos exposure are denied as not well grounded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are related to service and have granted service connection for chronic lumbar spine strain, chronic dorsal strain, residuals of right knee sprain, and tinnitus. Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran's appeal for a CUE in the December 1988 decision denying service connection for tinnitus has been dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for reopening service connection for residuals of a left leg injury and tinnitus, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there was no well-grounded evidence to support these claims.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment, and his claim for a TDIU rating is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus was not well-grounded and denied it. For his increased rating claim for bilateral hearing loss, the evidence showed current disability but did not establish a nexus between the condition and service.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disability, tinnitus, and syneresis of the eyes. A 10 percent rating is assigned for residuals of a dislocation of the left fifth finger.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing and for issuance of a Statement of the Case on service connection for tinnitus.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that new evidence submitted since the last denial supports a grant of benefits. The Board determined that the veteran sustained acoustic trauma during his military service in World War II, which resulted in current sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are not well grounded. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of migraine headaches, right foot bursitis, defective hearing, tinnitus, left knee injury residuals, plantar fasciitis, or depression.

The Board found that the veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus are related to his military service, granting service connection for both conditions.