Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) Board decisions

The Board found no current diagnosis for bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus and concluded that the veteran did not have a disability to service connect. The evidence does not show any in-service noise exposure sufficient to cause current hearing loss or tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to incomplete development of evidence, including obtaining service medical records, audiometric test results, and other pertinent information. The case will be addressed as part of the remand development.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus has been assigned the maximum schedular rating available, and there is no legal basis to award separate ratings for each ear. Therefore, his appeal must be 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 Board denied an increased rating as there is no legal basis for a higher evaluation.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for service-connected bilateral tinnitus, to include separate evaluations for each ear, is denied as the maximum schedular rating of 10% has been assigned.

The veteran's appeal for separate 10 percent ratings for tinnitus in both ears is denied as there is no legal basis to award such ratings given the maximum schedular rating available for tinnitus 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 claim for an increased rating for tinnitus was denied as he is already receiving the maximum disability rating available under applicable regulations. The service connection claim for acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy was also denied due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service or any presumptive exposure.

The veteran's claim for separate 10 percent ratings for bilateral tinnitus is denied as the single 10 percent rating already represents the maximum disability evaluation allowed by law.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral tinnitus is currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling and there is no legal basis for a higher evaluation.

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

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected tinnitus, to include separate ratings for each ear, is denied as he is already receiving the maximum schedular evaluation available under VA regulations.

The veteran's service-connected bilateral 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.

The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is assigned a maximum rating of 10 percent, and the RO denied his request for higher ratings. The case was remanded to clarify procedural irregularities in the hearing testimony and to obtain additional audiometry test results.

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

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

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

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum rating available under current regulations. The claim for an increased rating is denied as there are no legal grounds to assign a higher rating.

The veteran's service-connected recurrent tinnitus is assigned a 10 percent rating, the maximum rating authorized under VA regulations. There is no legal basis for the assignment of a schedular evaluation in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus.

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