Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

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

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

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 already assigned the maximum evaluation of 10 percent, and therefore separate evaluations for each ear are denied.

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 tinnitus is already rated at the maximum of 10 percent, and no higher rating can be granted under current regulations.

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

The veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected tinnitus was denied as the maximum schedular evaluation of 10 percent is already 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 currently rated at 10 percent, the maximum rating authorized under Diagnostic Code 6260. The Board has determined that there is no legal basis for a higher rating.

The February 2003 rating decision assigning a 10 percent evaluation for tinnitus was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, so the veteran's claim is denied.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent ratings for tinnitus is denied as he is already receiving the maximum disability rating available under Diagnostic Code 6260.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus has been assigned a maximum schedular rating of 10 percent since January 16, 2003.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected tinnitus, which is currently rated at 10 percent, has been denied as the maximum schedular evaluation allowed under VA regulations is already in place.

The veteran's tinnitus is already rated at the maximum allowable under VA regulations, and no additional rating can be granted.

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 Board denied the appellant's request for separate initial schedular 10 percent ratings for his service-connected bilateral tinnitus, as there is no provision for assignment of a separate rating for each ear under Diagnostic Code 6260.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is already rated at the maximum allowed under the applicable rating criteria, and thus no additional compensation can be granted.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus has already been assigned the maximum schedular rating available, and thus a higher evaluation is denied.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, the maximum schedular rating authorized under versions of Diagnostic Code 6260 in effect prior to and beginning June 13, 2003. The disability picture caused by the tinnitus is not so unusual as to render the application of the regular schedular rating provisions impractical.