3,583,295 service-connected tinnitus disabilities sat on the VA compensation rolls at the end of fiscal year 2025, more than any other condition (VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025). Hearing loss adds another 1,690,837, and the auditory body system as a whole accounts for 5,542,423 rated disabilities. The exposure starts long before separation: 11.1% of service members tested in 2024 showed a significant threshold shift (Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, Calendar Year 2024 Hearing Health Report), the military counterpart to the civilian data in our occupational noise exposure in manufacturing statistics. On the liability side, 3M still carried $1.9 billion in accrued Combat Arms Earplugs settlement obligations at June 30, 2026 (3M Form 10-Q, Q2 2026). We aggregated data from the Veterans Benefits Administration, the Defense Health Agency, VA procurement and audiology offices, 3M’s SEC filings, CDC, GAO, NIH, the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, and peer-reviewed cohort studies.
TL;DR
- Tinnitus is the most prevalent service-connected disability at VA: 3,583,295 among all compensation recipients (VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025).
- Hearing loss ranks sixth among all recipients with 1,690,837 disabilities, and fifth among new recipients with 104,664 (VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025).
- One year earlier, 3,255,323 veterans were service connected for tinnitus and 1,594,271 for hearing loss (Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025).
- A 10 percent rating, the level the schedule assigns to recurrent tinnitus, pays $180.42 per month (VA Veterans Disability Compensation Rates 2026).
- 11.8% of service members tested in 2024 were classified as hearing impaired, and permanent threshold shift rates reach 15.0% in the Reserve against 5.5% on active duty (Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report).
- Veterans who served after September 2001 were four times as likely as nonveterans to have severe hearing impairment: APR 4.0 (95% CI 2.7-6.0), on 2010 survey data (CDC MMWR 2011).
- In a 267,395-veteran cohort, 86% had hearing loss and 47% reported tinnitus (Clifford et al., Ear and Hearing 2026).
- 1,013,486 veterans were served in VHA audiology clinics in fiscal year 2024 (Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025).
- VA bought 898,949 hearing aids for $454,579,205.45 in the first 11 months of FY2026 (VA Denver Logistics Center, Hearing Aid Procurement Summary FY2026).
- 3M’s Combat Arms Earplugs settlement runs up to $6.0 billion from 2023 to 2029, with more than 249,000 registered claimants (3M press release, March 26, 2024).
- The DoD Hearing Restoration Research Program received $70 million across FY17 to FY24 and $5 million for FY26 (CDMRP Hearing Restoration Research Program 2026).
1. Tinnitus and Hearing Loss on the VA Compensation Rolls
The headline number understates how dominant auditory conditions are. Dividing 3,583,295 tinnitus disabilities by the 6,338,253 veterans receiving compensation gives 56.5%, and because the rating schedule assigns tinnitus a single evaluation, that disability count tracks closely with a count of veterans. Among veterans who began receiving compensation in FY2025, the same math is 287,138 / 476,802 = 60.2%.
The year-over-year movement tells a second story. Tinnitus grew by 327,972 in one year (3,583,295 minus 3,255,323), which is 40,834 more than the 287,138 recorded among new recipients. That gap can only be filled by veterans already on the rolls adding tinnitus through later claims. Hearing loss moved the other way: its net gain of 96,566 (1,690,837 minus 1,594,271) is smaller than the 104,664 counted among new recipients, which is consistent with a condition concentrated in older cohorts.
Dollar figures are harder to pin down. The last federal tally we could find is GAO’s, and it is 15 years old. The counts come from the compensation section of the VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tinnitus and hearing loss disabilities, all compensation recipients, end of FY2025 | 3,583,295 tinnitus (rank 1); 1,690,837 hearing loss (rank 6) | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Tinnitus and hearing loss disabilities, new compensation recipients, FY2025 | 287,138 tinnitus (rank 1); 104,664 hearing loss (rank 5) | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Auditory body system, all recipients | 5,542,423 disabilities, 11.9% of all service-connected disabilities (third-largest body system) | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Veterans receiving compensation; veterans who began receiving it in FY2025 | 6,338,253; 476,802 | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Veterans service connected for tinnitus and for hearing loss, FY2024 | 3,255,323; 1,594,271 | Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025 (citing VBA reports) |
| Annual VA payments for hearing-related impairments, FY2009 | Exceeded $1.1 billion (most recent available data: GAO, 2011) | GAO-11-114, Hearing Loss Prevention 2011 |
The FY2024 comparison figures come from the proceedings paper by Feeney et al. in the American Journal of Audiology, and the spending figure from GAO-11-114.
2. Who Holds the Ratings: Service Era, Sex, and Rating Level
Tinnitus skews toward recent service and hearing loss toward older cohorts, at least as a share of each era’s ratings. Gulf War Era veterans hold 2,382,222 of the tinnitus disabilities, or 66.5% of the total (2,382,222 / 3,583,295), yet hearing loss does not make that era’s top 10 list at all. For Korean Conflict veterans, hearing loss alone is 28.2% of every disability on the books.
The rating distribution explains why rating policy keeps returning to tinnitus. 69.1% of all auditory disabilities are evaluated at exactly 10 percent, the level VA’s schedule assigns to recurrent tinnitus, and another 25.3% are service connected at 0 percent. A 10 percent rating pays $180.42 per month ($2,165.04 over 12 months) for a veteran with no other rated conditions, according to the VA compensation rate table effective December 1, 2025.
That structure is under review. In a proposed rule published February 15, 2022, VA proposed to delete the standalone tinnitus diagnostic code and evaluate tinnitus only as part of its underlying condition. A Federal Register search for the rule title returns the 2022 proposal and a September 12, 2024 supplemental proposed rule, and no final rule.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tinnitus disabilities by period of service | Gulf War Era 2,382,222; Vietnam Era 738,415 | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Hearing loss as a share of the era’s disabilities, Korean Conflict veterans | 28.2% (30,656 disabilities) | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Tinnitus disabilities by sex | Male 3,238,047 (8.2% of men’s disabilities); female 305,228 (4.5% of women’s) | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Auditory disabilities by evaluation level | 10 percent: 69.1%; 0 percent: 25.3% | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Monthly compensation at a 10 percent rating | $180.42, effective December 1, 2025 | VA Veterans Disability Compensation Rates 2026 |
| Proposed change to the tinnitus rating | Delete diagnostic code 6260; comments were due April 18, 2022 | Federal Register, VA Proposed Rule 2022-02049 (2022) |
| Relative risk of tinnitus, women veterans vs men | RR 0.65 (95% CI, 0.64 to 0.65); most recent available data: 2022 | Clifford and Ryan, Ear and Hearing 2022 |
The sex gap in the claims data matches the epidemiology. The Million Veteran Program analysis of 758,005 participants found women had about two-thirds the tinnitus risk of men, so the lower female share is not simply an artifact of who files.
3. Hearing Damage While Still in Uniform
The compensation rolls are the lagging indicator. The leading one is the audiogram data the military collects every year, and it shows measurable damage accumulating well before discharge. In 2024 the department tested 1,374,164 service members, and roughly one in nine showed a significant threshold shift from baseline.
The component gap is the more actionable finding. Reserve members had a permanent threshold shift rate of 15.0%, 2.7 times the active-duty rate of 5.5% (15.0 / 5.5). Follow-up testing is part of the picture: compliance after a shift was 69.7% on active duty against 21.9% in the Reserve. Without a retest there is no way to separate a temporary shift from a permanent one, so the component gap measures surveillance quality as well as injury.
The 3.0% of service members who already meet VA auditory threshold disability criteria are, in effect, future claims that have been measured in advance. For the civilian comparison in a noise-exposed trade, see our construction worker hearing loss statistics.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Service members tested in hearing conservation programs, CY2024 | 1,374,164 | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| Significant threshold shift rate, all service members | 11.1% (10.7% in CY2023) | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| Permanent threshold shift rate by component | Active duty 5.5%; Reserve 15.0% | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| Service members classified as hearing impaired | 11.8% (12.0% in CY2023) | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| Service members meeting VA auditory threshold disability criteria | 3.0% (3.2% in CY2023) | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| Follow-up test compliance after a threshold shift | Active duty 69.7%; Reserve 21.9% | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| New-onset hearing loss and combat deployment (48,540 participants) | AOR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.49-1.77; most recent available data: 2015 | Wells et al., Noise and Health 2015 |
| Tinnitus incidence per 1,000 active-duty members | 1.84 in 2001 to 6.33 in 2015; most recent available data: 2019 | Moore et al., American Journal of Audiology 2019 |
One more number from the same report deserves attention: 8.4% of enlisted accessions already had a hearing impairment on entry in 2024, up from 7.8% the year before. Not every hearing problem recorded in service begins there. The full dataset is in the Calendar Year 2024 Hearing Health Report. The deployment figure is from Wells et al. and the incidence trend from Moore et al..
4. What Veteran Cohort Studies Show
Claims data counts ratings. Cohort studies count ears, and they come back with higher numbers. The newest analysis, from the Million Veteran Program, found hearing loss in 86% of 267,395 veterans and tinnitus in 47%, with veterans showing earlier and greater loss than a civilian clinical cohort of 40,912 adults.
In the earlier 758,005-veteran analysis, traumatic brain injury raised tinnitus risk more than daily combat noise did: RR 1.73 against RR 1.17. That ordering matters for prevention, because hearing protection targets noise and not head injury. It also helps explain the post-9/11 numbers, where a 735-veteran sample found tinnitus in 67.5% and tinnitus together with both PTSD and TBI in 35.6%.
The 2026 Million Veteran Program paper also reports veterans with tinnitus despite preserved audiometric thresholds, which the authors link to cochlear nerve degeneration that standard audiometry does not capture. We cover that mechanism in our hidden hearing loss and synaptopathy statistics.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing loss and tinnitus in 267,395 veterans with audiometric data | 86% hearing loss; 47% tinnitus | Clifford et al., Ear and Hearing 2026 |
| Tinnitus prevalence in 758,005 veterans | 37.5% (95% CI, 37.4 to 37.6); most recent available data: 2022 | Clifford and Ryan, Ear and Hearing 2022 |
| Tinnitus risk with traumatic brain injury | RR 1.73 (95% CI, 1.71 to 1.73) | Clifford and Ryan, Ear and Hearing 2022 |
| Tinnitus risk with daily combat noise exposure | RR 1.17 (95% CI, 1.14 to 1.17) | Clifford and Ryan, Ear and Hearing 2022 |
| Tinnitus prevalence, NOISE study baseline (690 participants) | 53%; most recent available data: 2021 | Henry et al., Ear and Hearing 2021 |
| Tinnitus in 735 post-9/11 veterans | 67.5%; 35.6% had tinnitus with both PTSD and TBI | McCormick et al., European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2026 |
| Severe hearing impairment, veterans vs nonveterans, 2010 | 10.4% vs 2.5%; most recent available data: 2011 | CDC MMWR, Severe Hearing Impairment Among Military Veterans 2011 |
| Severe hearing impairment, veterans who served after September 2001 vs nonveterans | APR 4.0 (95% CI 2.7-6.0) | CDC MMWR, Severe Hearing Impairment Among Military Veterans 2011 |
Read the prevalence figures as a range, not a single truth: 37.5%, 47%, 53%, and 67.5% come from different samples, ages, and definitions. Sources: Clifford et al. 2026, the NOISE study baseline paper, McCormick et al. 2026, and the CDC MMWR report.
5. VA Audiology and Hearing Aid Volumes
The procurement ledger is the clearest measure of how much hearing care VA delivers. The Denver Logistics Center recorded 898,949 hearing aids purchased from October 2025 through August 2026, at a cost of $454,579,205.45. Dividing the two gives an average contract price of $505.68 per device ($454,579,205.45 / 898,949). VA is a separate channel from the consumer market we track in our over-the-counter hearing aid adoption statistics.
Supplier concentration is high. Sonova supplied 466,063 of those devices, or 51.8% (466,063 / 898,949), across five manufacturers under national contract.
Tinnitus care is moving to video. A virtual Progressive Tinnitus Management group program reported improvement in 60 to 68% of participants depending on the metric, and 93% said they would recommend it (Edmonds 2025, as summarized by Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025). For the clinical evidence behind sound-based approaches, see our tinnitus retraining therapy efficacy statistics.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Veterans served in VHA audiology clinics, FY2024 | 1,013,486 | Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025 |
| VA audiologists | Nearly 1,400 | VA Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services, Audiology 2026 |
| VA audiology sites of care | More than 650 | VA Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services, Audiology 2026 |
| Hearing aids purchased, October 2025 through August 2026 | 898,949 | VA Denver Logistics Center, Hearing Aid Procurement Summary FY2026 |
| Hearing aid spending, same period | $454,579,205.45 | VA Denver Logistics Center, Hearing Aid Procurement Summary FY2026 |
| Largest supplier by units | Sonova, 466,063 | VA Denver Logistics Center, Hearing Aid Procurement Summary FY2026 |
| Hearing aids and components ordered, 12 months ending September 2012 | Over 665,000, about $221 million; most recent available audit: 2014 | VA Office of Inspector General, Audit of VA’s Hearing Aid Services 2014 |
| Virtual tinnitus management group program outcomes | 60 to 68% improved; 93% would recommend | Edmonds 2025, via Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025 |
The FY2012 audit figure includes components, so it is not a like-for-like baseline for the FY2026 device count. Sources: VA Audiology program page, the Denver Logistics Center procurement summary page, and the VA OIG audit.
6. The 3M Combat Arms Earplugs Settlement
The Combat Arms Earplugs litigation is now mostly a matter of cash scheduling. 3M agreed in August 2023 to contribute up to $6.0 billion between 2023 and 2029 to resolve claims involving the Combat Arms Earplugs, and by the final registration date more than 99% of claimants were participating, clearing the 98% threshold the deal required.
The accrued liability fell from $2.4 billion at December 31, 2025 to $1.9 billion at June 30, 2026, a $0.5 billion reduction in six months even after interest accretion added to the balance. In September 2025 the multidistrict litigation court confirmed that all cases in that proceeding had been resolved as of that time, although 3M’s filing notes that other claims may continue, including outside the United States.
The accounting detail is worth a second look. The $6.0 billion headline had a pre-tax present value of $5.3 billion at an estimated 5.6% discount rate, and the third-quarter 2023 charge was $4.2 billion because $1.1 billion had already been accrued.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total settlement contribution, 2023 to 2029 | Up to $6.0 billion | 3M press release, March 26, 2024 |
| Claims and registered claimants | More than 293,000 claims; more than 249,000 claimants registered | 3M press release, March 26, 2024 |
| Participation at final registration date | More than 99% (threshold: 98%) | 3M press release, March 26, 2024 |
| Pre-tax charge recorded in Q3 2023 | $4.2 billion | 3M Form 10-Q, Q2 2026 |
| Pre-tax present value of contributions | $5.3 billion | 3M Form 10-Q, Q2 2026 |
| Accrued settlement liability | $2.4 billion (December 31, 2025); $1.9 billion (June 30, 2026) | 3M Form 10-Q, Q2 2026 |
Claimant counts come from 3M’s March 26, 2024 release, and the accounting figures from 3M’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The filing does not break out cumulative cash paid to claimants.
7. Research Funding for Hearing Restoration
Set the research dollars beside the claim counts and the mismatch is plain. The Defense Department’s dedicated Hearing Restoration Research Program received $70 million in total across eight fiscal years, FY17 through FY24. In FY24 the program funded 8 of 46 applications on a $5.0 million appropriation, and the 2025 annual report’s table shows no FY25 appropriation for it.
FY25 was a hard year across the board: total appropriations for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs fell from $1,509 million in FY24 to $650 million, which the annual report describes as a 57% reduction. Funding returned in FY26 at $5.0 million for hearing restoration, which is 0.39% of that year’s $1,270.0 million total (5.0 / 1,270.0).
NIH spends far more, though none of it is earmarked for veterans. Its hearing loss research category reached $197 million in FY2025.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing Restoration Research Program appropriations, FY17 to FY24 | $70 million total | CDMRP Hearing Restoration Research Program 2026 |
| Applications funded, FY24 | 8 of 46 received | CDMRP Annual Report 2025 |
| Total CDMRP appropriations, FY24 to FY25 | $1,509 million to $650 million | CDMRP Annual Report 2025 |
| Hearing restoration appropriation, FY26 | $5.0 million | Congressional Research Service, In Focus IF10349 (2026) |
| NIH hearing loss research funding, FY2025 | $197 million | NIH RePORT, Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories 2026 |
| NIH hearing loss research funding, FY2021 | $162 million | NIH RePORT, Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories 2026 |
Sources: the CDMRP Hearing Restoration Research Program page, the CDMRP 2025 Annual Report, CRS In Focus IF10349, and the NIH RePORT categorical spending table.
Summary: Veterans Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Disability by the Numbers
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tinnitus and hearing loss disabilities, all compensation recipients, FY2025 | 3,583,295; 1,690,837 | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Tinnitus and hearing loss, new recipients, FY2025 | 287,138; 104,664 | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Auditory share of all service-connected disabilities; share of auditory disabilities evaluated at 10 percent | 11.9%; 69.1% | VBA Annual Benefits Report FY2025 |
| Tinnitus count, FY2024 | 3,255,323 | Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025 |
| Monthly compensation at 10 percent | $180.42 | VA Veterans Disability Compensation Rates 2026 |
| Significant threshold shift rate; share meeting VA auditory disability criteria, service members, CY2024 | 11.1%; 3.0% | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| Permanent threshold shift, active duty vs Reserve | 5.5% vs 15.0% | Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, CY2024 Hearing Health Report |
| New-onset hearing loss and combat deployment | AOR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.49-1.77 | Wells et al., Noise and Health 2015 |
| Severe hearing impairment, veterans vs nonveterans, 2010 | 10.4% vs 2.5% | CDC MMWR 2011 |
| Hearing loss and tinnitus in 267,395 veterans | 86%; 47% | Clifford et al., Ear and Hearing 2026 |
| Tinnitus risk with traumatic brain injury | RR 1.73 (95% CI, 1.71 to 1.73) | Clifford and Ryan, Ear and Hearing 2022 |
| Tinnitus in post-9/11 veterans (735 participants) | 67.5% | McCormick et al., European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2026 |
| Veterans served in VHA audiology clinics, FY2024 | 1,013,486 | Feeney et al., American Journal of Audiology 2025 |
| Hearing aids purchased, October 2025 through August 2026 | 898,949 for $454,579,205.45 | VA Denver Logistics Center, Hearing Aid Procurement Summary FY2026 |
| 3M Combat Arms Earplugs settlement | Up to $6.0 billion, 2023 to 2029 | 3M press release, March 26, 2024 |
| 3M registered claimants | More than 249,000 | 3M press release, March 26, 2024 |
| 3M accrued settlement liability, June 30, 2026 | $1.9 billion | 3M Form 10-Q, Q2 2026 |
| Hearing Restoration Research Program, FY17 to FY24 | $70 million | CDMRP Hearing Restoration Research Program 2026 |
| NIH hearing loss research funding, FY2025 | $197 million | NIH RePORT 2026 |
Methodology and Sources
We ran targeted searches across compensation, service-era noise exposure, epidemiology, VA care delivery, litigation, and research funding, then read the primary document behind each figure. Counts are reported exactly as published. Percentages we calculated ourselves show the division in the text.
- VBA Annual Benefits Report, Fiscal Year 2025 (updated May 2026), compensation section: disability counts by condition, body system, period of service, sex, and evaluation level.
- Feeney, Gladden, Schairer, and Konrad-Martin, American Journal of Audiology 2025: FY2024 service-connection counts, veterans served in VHA audiology, and the virtual tinnitus management outcomes from Edmonds 2025.
- GAO-11-114, Hearing Loss Prevention: Improvements to DOD Hearing Conservation Programs Could Lead to Better Outcomes (2011): FY2009 payments for hearing-related impairments.
- VA Veterans Disability Compensation Rates: monthly rates effective December 1, 2025.
- Federal Register, VA Proposed Rule 2022-02049 (February 15, 2022): proposed revision of the ear, nose, throat, and audiology rating criteria.
- Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence, Calendar Year 2024 Hearing Health Report (posted May 20, 2026): threshold shift, impairment, and follow-up compliance rates.
- Wells et al., Noise and Health 2015 and Moore et al., American Journal of Audiology 2019: deployment-related hearing loss and active-duty tinnitus incidence.
- Clifford et al., Ear and Hearing 2026 and Clifford and Ryan, Ear and Hearing 2022: Million Veteran Program analyses.
- Henry et al., Ear and Hearing 2021: NOISE study design and baseline results.
- McCormick et al., European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2026: tinnitus among post-9/11 veterans.
- CDC MMWR, Severe Hearing Impairment Among Military Veterans, United States, 2010 (2011).
- VA Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services, Audiology: workforce and sites of care, cross-checked against the VA Office of Research and Development hearing loss page.
- VA Denver Logistics Center, Hearing Aid Procurement Summary FY2026: units and dollars by manufacturer, October 2025 through August 2026.
- VA Office of Inspector General, Audit of VA’s Hearing Aid Services, Report 12-02910-80 (2014).
- 3M press release, Combat Arms Earplugs Settlement Moves to Final Resolution (March 26, 2024) and 3M Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.
- CDMRP Hearing Restoration Research Program, CDMRP 2025 Annual Report, and Congressional Research Service In Focus IF10349 (updated March 4, 2026).
- NIH RePORT, Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (table published June 23, 2026).
- Data watch: the Annual Benefits Report counts disabilities, not people, so the 56.5% and 60.2% shares in section 1 are our own divisions and assume one tinnitus disability per veteran. Veteran tinnitus prevalence ranges from 37.5% to 67.5% across the cohort studies in section 4 because samples, ages, and definitions differ. VA’s audiology program page lists nearly 1,400 audiologists and more than 650 sites, while VA’s research office page still lists more than 1,370 audiologists and 490 sites; we used the program page. The FY2026 hearing aid figures cover 11 months, and the 2012 audit figure includes components. The Calendar Year 2024 Hearing Health Report has a table header labeled 2023 under a 2024 title, so the tested-population count should be rechecked against the next edition. The GAO spending figure (FY2009), the VA OIG audit (FY2012), the CDC analysis (2010 data), and the 2015 to 2022 cohort papers are the most recent available for those measures. 3M does not disclose cumulative cash paid to claimants, and VA’s tinnitus rating proposal had no final rule in the Federal Register listing we reviewed.
Last updated: October 11, 2026. We update this roundup quarterly, and the next refresh is expected when 3M files its third-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q and VA posts the full-year FY2026 Hearing Aid Procurement Summary.