The veteran's claim for separate schedular ratings for bilateral tinnitus is denied as there is no legal basis to award a higher evaluation than the maximum of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: There is no legal basis upon which to award a higher evaluation than 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus, as per VA regulations and court decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus in each ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0625742
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