{"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/to/tinnitus","generated_at":"2026-10-03T18:33:55.765Z","data_as_of":{"decisions":944125,"first_year":2017,"last_year":2026,"latest_decision":"2026-04-30","cfr":"2026-10-01","m21":"2026-09-29"},"about":{"publisher":"CaseScribe AI (VA Law Explorer)","source":"Public Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions (appeals of VA decisions, not VA's first decisions), M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual, 38 CFR Parts 3 and 4.","method":"Outcomes are issue-level: each condition the Board decided in a decision counts once. Decision data is extracted by AI and can contain errors. Rates describe past appeals and do not predict any claim.","disclaimer":"For research only. CaseScribe AI is not a law firm and this is not legal advice. Verify figures against the source decisions and regulations.","attribution":"Cite as: VA Law Explorer, CaseScribe AI, with the page URL."},"data":{"disability":"tinnitus","conditions_claimed_secondary_to_it":[{"claim":"Major depressive disorder secondary to tinnitus","decisions":384,"granted_pct":43,"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/major-depressive-disorder-secondary-to-tinnitus","json":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/data/secondary/major-depressive-disorder-secondary-to-tinnitus.json"},{"claim":"Migraine secondary to tinnitus","decisions":1013,"granted_pct":31.9,"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/migraine-secondary-to-tinnitus","json":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/data/secondary/migraine-secondary-to-tinnitus.json"},{"claim":"Sleep apnea secondary to tinnitus","decisions":632,"granted_pct":20.7,"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/sleep-apnea-secondary-to-tinnitus","json":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/data/secondary/sleep-apnea-secondary-to-tinnitus.json"},{"claim":"Hearing loss secondary to tinnitus","decisions":396,"granted_pct":13.6,"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/hearing-loss-secondary-to-tinnitus","json":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/data/secondary/hearing-loss-secondary-to-tinnitus.json"},{"claim":"Peripheral vestibular disorders secondary to tinnitus","decisions":579,"granted_pct":12.6,"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/peripheral-vestibular-disorders-secondary-to-tinnitus","json":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/data/secondary/peripheral-vestibular-disorders-secondary-to-tinnitus.json"}],"it_claimed_secondary_to_other_conditions":[{"claim":"Tinnitus secondary to hearing loss","decisions":1454,"granted_pct":65.6,"page":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/secondary/tinnitus-secondary-to-hearing-loss","json":"https://casescribe.ai/explorer/data/secondary/tinnitus-secondary-to-hearing-loss.json"}],"how_va_rates":{"citation":"38 CFR 4.87","diagnostic_code":"6260","name":"Tinnitus, recurrent","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/section-4.87","levels":[{"criteria":"Tinnitus, recurrent","rating":10}],"notes":["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."]}}}