Tinnitus Secondary to Traumatic Brain Injury: VA Claims
Tinnitus can be service connected secondary to a traumatic brain injury (TBI) when medical evidence shows your service-connected TBI caused it or made it worse. VA’s own rating instructions list tinnitus among the possible physical effects of a TBI, but tinnitus isn’t one of the conditions VA presumes are caused by TBI, so the claim […]
Sleep Apnea Secondary to Tinnitus: What the Evidence Says
Sleep apnea can be service connected secondary to tinnitus only if medical evidence shows your service-connected tinnitus caused it or made it worse, and current research does not establish that tinnitus causes obstructive sleep apnea. That makes this one of the harder secondary claims to support, so the quality of the medical evidence matters a […]