Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at the maximum of 10 percent, and no higher rating is warranted.

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

The veteran's appeal for clear and unmistakable error in the June 2001 rating decision that assigned a 10 percent initial evaluation for bilateral tinnitus is denied. The law applied at the time was correctly applied, and there is no legal basis to award separate schedular evaluations for tinnitus in each ear.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is already receiving the maximum schedular disability rating of 10 percent, which is the highest available under the applicable rating criteria.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is already assigned the maximum rating of 10 percent, which cannot be increased further under current regulations.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is already assigned the maximum rating of 10 percent, and no additional ratings are granted.

The veteran's claim for separate schedular 10 percent ratings for tinnitus in each ear is denied as the current version of Diagnostic Code 6260 precludes such evaluations.

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

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is assigned a maximum rating of 10 percent, and there is no legal basis for assigning separate evaluations for each ear.

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

The veteran's claim for separate ratings for bilateral tinnitus is denied as a matter of law due to the interpretation of VA regulations.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is rated as 10 percent disabling, the maximum rating authorized under Diagnostic Code 6260. There is no legal basis for a schedular evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Board found that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the December 1995 rating decision, which granted service connection for tinnitus with a 10 percent disability evaluation. The veteran's claim for separate ratings for tinnitus of each ear is denied.

The veteran's request for separate 10 percent ratings for tinnitus disability 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 10 percent, which is the maximum rating authorized under Diagnostic Code 6260.

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

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 already receiving the maximum rating of 10 percent, and no higher rating can be assigned under current regulations.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, the maximum rating available under Diagnostic Code 6260. The Board finds that a higher evaluation is not warranted as there is no legal basis to award separate schedular evaluations for bilateral tinnitus.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent ratings for each ear for his service-connected tinnitus is denied as the version of the regulation in effect prior to June 2003 precludes an evaluation in excess of a single 10-percent for tinnitus.