Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2006

The Board denied the veteran's request to revise a rating decision of April 1991 based on clear and unmistakable error in failing to assign a schedular evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, as there is no legal basis for such an increase.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for service-connected tinnitus is denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent has been assigned and there is no legal basis to award a separate, 10 percent rating for each ear.

The Board found that there is no legal basis for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus, and the March 2002 rating decision does not contain clear and unmistakable error.

The Board denied the claim of CUE in the August 2001 rating decision that assigned a 10 percent evaluation for bilateral tinnitus, finding no misapplication of Diagnostic Code 6260 and concluding there was no CUE.

The veteran's request for an increased rating for tinnitus was denied as there is no legal basis to award separate schedular evaluations for bilateral tinnitus.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus has been assigned the maximum schedular rating available, and there is no legal basis for a separate rating in each ear.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is properly evaluated as 10 percent disabling, and a rating in excess of this has been denied.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is currently rated at the maximum of 10 percent, and there is no legal basis to grant a higher rating.

The veteran's claim for a rating higher than 10 percent for service-connected tinnitus was denied. The claim of CUE in the February 2001 rating decision assigning only a 10 percent initial disability rating for bilateral tinnitus was also denied.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is assigned the maximum schedular rating available (10 percent), and there is no legal basis for an evaluation in excess of this.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, the maximum rating authorized under Diagnostic Code 6260. The Board finds no legal basis for an increased disability rating.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is already assigned the maximum disability rating of 10 percent, and no further increase in rating is warranted.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is already assigned the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent, and no higher rating can be granted under current regulations.

The veteran's claim for separate schedular 10 percent disability ratings for bilateral tinnitus is denied as the condition is assigned a single 10 percent rating under applicable legal authority.

The veteran's claim for a separate 10 percent evaluation for tinnitus in each ear was denied as there is no provision for such under the applicable rating criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for separate schedular 10 percent disability ratings for tinnitus in each ear, finding that there is no legal basis to award such ratings.

The veteran's claim for separate schedular 10 percent disability ratings for tinnitus in each ear is denied as there is no legal basis to award such ratings.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent disability ratings for bilateral tinnitus is denied as the regulation only allows a single 10 percent rating for tinnitus, whether perceived as unilateral or bilateral.

The veteran's request for separate 10 percent ratings for tinnitus disability in each ear is denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent has already been assigned.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is already receiving the maximum schedular disability rating of 10 percent, and no higher rating can be assigned.