The Board has granted a separate 10 percent evaluation for tinnitus, which pre-existed the inservice head trauma. The initial rating for residuals of a head injury with headaches and occasional double vision remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's tinnitus was found to be due to acoustic trauma rather than brain trauma, thus not related to his service-connected head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a head injury with headaches, ringing in the ears, and occasional double vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0303866
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