The Board found that there is no legal basis for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus, and the March 2002 rating decision does not contain clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The regulations provided a single 10 percent disability rating for recurrent tinnitus under Diagnostic Code 6260. The revised regulation still provides for a single 10 percent rating for bilateral tinnitus, but assigns only one evaluation regardless of whether the sound is perceived in one ear, both ears, or in the head.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0625823
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