Nexus letter
Tinnitus
Connecting persistent ringing to documented in-service noise exposure.
$895 for this condition · $149 to start
What this claim turns on
Tinnitus is subjective — there is no imaging or lab test that proves it — which makes the nexus opinion unusually important. What a physician can do is establish that your military occupational specialty carried a recognised noise exposure risk, that the onset and character of your symptoms are consistent with noise-induced tinnitus rather than another cause, and that no intervening civilian exposure better explains it. Where an audiogram from service shows a threshold shift, that is strong corroboration and we will point to it directly.
Commonly claimed as secondary to
If one of these is already service connected, this condition may be claimable as secondary to it. Your intake asks which pathway applies.
Conditions often secondary to this one
If tinnitus is already service connected for you, these conditions are frequently claimed as flowing from it. Each needs its own opinion.
Records to have ready
Your physician needs these to form an opinion. Gathering them before you start is the single biggest thing you can do to move your case quickly.
- DD-214 or other separation document
- Service treatment records covering your time in service
- Current VA or private treatment records showing a diagnosis
- Any VA rating decision or denial letter you have received
- Entrance and separation audiograms, if available
- Current audiology evaluation
- Documentation of your MOS and any noise exposure
Missing something? Start anyway and tell us in the intake. Sometimes a gap changes the approach rather than stopping the claim. How to request your records.