Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded several other claims, including those for PTSD, insomnia, fatigue, migraines with tension headaches, right elbow disorder, and right ankle disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected tinnitus has been assigned the maximum schedular rating available, and there is no evidence of additional manifestations that would warrant a higher rating. The claims for other conditions were remanded due to insufficient medical evidence or examination reports.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), insomnia, to include as secondary to service-connected PTSD, fatigue, to include as secondary to service-connected PTSD, migraines with tension headaches, right elbow disorder (medial epicondylitis and tendinopathy), right ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105438
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