The Board granted a 30 percent rating for tinnitus with insomnia, finding the symptoms to be consistent with occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress.
The deciding factor: The service-connected tinnitus with insomnia was found to be manifested by no more than occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9413.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus with insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029901
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