lumbosacral Bilateral Tinnitus

[praned1983]

Has any body ever got a bilateral factor for 10% tinnitus. I just got my hearing test done and I look on myhealth.va.gov and notice he add in the report that I had bilateral tinnitus from years of ringing in the ears. I been back from Afghanistan 4 years now and I was thinking the ringing was normal but an veteran friend of mine told me about it so now I could possible be rated at a minimal of 80%. I wish I knew about this 4 years ago. Any body got any ideas.

 

So know my disabilities look like this current

Total Combined Disability

You have a 70% final degree of disability. This percentage determines the amount of benefit pay you will receive.

Rated Disabilities

Table of Rated Disabilities

Disability	Rating	Decision	Related To	Effective Date
mechanical low back pain (claimed as mechanical lower back pain)	0%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
pes planus, right foot	0%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
gastroesophageal reflux disease (claimed as esophageal reflux)	10%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
deviated nasal septum (traumatic) (claimed as deviated nasal septum {acquired})	0%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
anxiety disorder Not Otherwise Specified (sub-syndromal PTSD) (claimed as PTSD)	30%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
obstructive sleep apnea (claimed as sleep apnea)	50%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
pes planus, left foot	0%	Service Connected		11/14/2011
bronchitis		Not Service Connected
tonsillar hypertrophy (claimed as chronic tonsillitis)     Service Connected       06/08/2015 And these are my pending Disabilities Pending Disabilities Table of Pending Disabilities Disability Submitted Type Actions Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 04/04/2016 SEC   Ear Infection 04/04/2016 SEC   Foot Condition Left 04/04/2016 NEW   Migraine (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 04/04/2016 NEW   Vitamin Deficiency 04/04/2016 NEW   Allergies 04/04/2016 NEW   Asthma 04/04/2016 NEW   Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 04/04/2016 NEW   Sacrilliac Injury Or Weekness 03/25/2016 SEC   Lumbosacral Strain 03/25/2016 SEC   Sarcoma 03/25/2016 SEC   Sarcoma Soft-tissue 03/25/2016 SEC   Sciatic Nerve Paralysis 03/25/2016 SEC   Mechanical Low Back Pain (claimed As Mechanical Lower Back Pain) 03/25/2016 INC   Laryngitis 03/25/2016 SEC   Deviated Nasal Septum (traumatic) (claimed As Deviated Nasal Septum {acquired}) 03/25/2016 INC   Flatfoot Bilateral (acquired) 03/25/2016 SEC   Pes Planus Left Foot 03/25/2016 INC   Schizophrenia 03/25/2016 SEC   Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (sub-syndromal Ptsd) (claimed As Ptsd) 03/25/2016 INC   Flatfoot Bilateral (acquired) 03/25/2016 SEC   Pes Planus Right Foot 03/25/2016 INC   Chronic Laryngitis 03/25/2016 SEC   Esophageal Condition (stricture Spasm Deverticulum) 03/25/2016 SEC   Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (claimed As Esophageal Reflux) 03/25/2016 INC   Chronic Laryngitis 03/25/2016 SEC   Tonsillar Hypertrophy (claimed As Chronic Tonsillitis) 03/25/2016 INC   Chronic Adjustment Disorder (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Major Depression (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Unspecified Depression Disorder (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Other Specified Somatic Symptoms (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Gulf War Veteran With Diagnosed Illness As Qualifying Chronic Disability (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Illness Anxiety Disorder (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Obsessive Complusive Disorder (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/25/2016 NEW   Anemia Primary 03/25/2016 NEW   Somatoform Pain Disorder 03/23/2016 SEC   Somatic Symptom Disorder 03/23/2016 SEC   Sinusitis 03/23/2016 SEC   Insomnia 03/23/2016 SEC   Headaches 03/23/2016 SEC   Insomnia 03/23/2016 SEC   Headaches 03/23/2016 SEC   Insomnia 03/23/2016 SEC   Tinnitus (related To: Ptsd - Combat) 03/23/2016 NEW   Unemployability 03/23/2016 NEW

[green]

I believe tinnitus is a single 10% rating and as such the bilateral factor does not apply?

[praned1983]

Well that sucks if it did that would get me 76% disabilities if it single that is 72% but I got like 32 pending issues I gave the va to look at that I can possibly get about 12 of them to be SC or secondary to my Sleep Apnea, PTSD, Flat Feet, or GERDs.

 

[Vync]

Green is correct. Tinnitus is a single 10% non-bilateral rating.

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5;node=38:1.0.1.1.5#se38.1.4_187

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6260   Tinnitus, recurrent 10 Note (1): A separate evaluation for tinnitus may be combined with an evaluation under diagnostic codes 6100, 6200, 6204, or other diagnostic code, except when tinnitus supports an evaluation under one of those diagnostic codes.   Note (2): Assign only a single evaluation for recurrent tinnitus, whether the sound is perceived in one ear, both ears, or in the head.   Note (3): Do not evaluate objective tinnitus (in which the sound is audible to other people and has a definable cause that may or may not be pathologic) under this diagnostic code, but evaluate it as part of any underlying condition causing it.

There are other ear-related disabilities, like Meniere's syndrome, which may also involve tinnitus and result in higher ratings.

[praned1983]

Thank you Yync I like your post about Fort Living Room AL

I am living in Huntsville AL maybe we are neighbors. LOL

[Vync]

Yep, good ol' Fort Living room. That takes me back to my basic training days. Someone does something stupid and the drill sgt's would yell, "Where do you think you are? Fort Living Room?"

I'm in the Birmingham area. I don't make it to Huntsville as often as I would like. They do have a decent commissary on Redstone Arsenal.

[praned1983]

I have never been to the commissary Walmart and target are next door. Plus I am only 70% I am not retired I did only 10 years.