The veteran's service-connected tinnitus is currently rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum rating allowed under Diagnostic Code 6260. The Board finds that there is no legal basis for assigning a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The revised regulation effective June 13, 2003, requires the assignment of a single evaluation for bilateral tinnitus and prohibits separate evaluations for each ear under Diagnostic Code 6260.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0631779
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