Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2006

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is already rated at the maximum allowed under VA regulations, and no further increase in rating is warranted.

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

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is assigned a maximum schedular rating of 10 percent, and there is no legal basis for the assignment of separate evaluations for each ear or an extraschedular evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus (bilateral) is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The RO has denied a separate rating for each ear, finding that the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent applies to bilateral tinnitus.

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

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus has been assigned the maximum schedular rating available, a 10 percent evaluation. The Board finds no legal basis to award separate ratings for each ear and denies the claim.

The veteran's appeal for a higher rating for tinnitus has been denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent is already assigned.

The veteran's tinnitus disability is already rated at the maximum allowed under VA rating criteria, and no separate ratings for each ear are warranted.

The veteran's request for separate evaluations for each ear for his service-connected bilateral tinnitus is denied as there is no legal basis to award such ratings.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent ratings for each ear under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. � 4.87, Diagnostic Code (DC) 6260, for his tinnitus is denied as there is no legal basis for such a claim.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent ratings for each ear for service-connected tinnitus is denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent has already been assigned.

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

The veteran's request for separate evaluations for each ear with regard to his service-connected tinnitus disability was denied as there is no legal basis for the assignment of such ratings. The maximum schedular rating available for tinnitus has already been assigned.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent ratings for each ear for service-connected tinnitus is denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent has already been assigned.

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

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is already rated at the maximum allowed under the applicable rating criteria, so a higher rating is denied.

The veteran's request for separate 10 percent disability ratings for tinnitus in each ear was denied as there is no legal basis to award such ratings under the current VA rating criteria.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, the maximum rating allowed under Diagnostic Code 6260. The appeal for a higher evaluation has been denied as there is no legal basis to award separate schedular evaluations for each ear.

The veteran's request for a higher evaluation for bilateral tinnitus was denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent is already assigned under Diagnostic Code 6260.

The veteran's claim for separate schedular ratings of 10 percent each ear for tinnitus is denied as the maximum schedular rating available under Diagnostic Code 6260, regardless of whether perceived in one or both ears, is a single 10 percent.