How a 10% Tinnitus VA Rating Can Get You to 90% Combined! (*LIVE* with VA Claims Insider)

At the time this video was published, all information was accurate but is subject to change as laws, policies, and regulations change. -Veterans, want to learn how to win high-value VA secondary conditions to Tinnitus and potentially get a HIGHER VA disability rating, even if you’ve already been denied? Brian Reese here from VA Claims Insider, and today, I’m going to teach you HOW a 10 percent Tinnitus VA rating can get you to 90 percent combined! TIMESTAMPS & LINKS ⏩ 0:00 Welcome Veterans! ⏩00:38 Tinnitus is the #1 commonly claimed disability ⏩02:00 Tinnitus VA claim is a low-value claim rated at 10% or nothing ⏩02:44 Secondary Conditions to Tinnitus ⏩03:25 Establishing the Nexus ⏩04:44 The 3 elements of every VA disability claim ⏩09:03 The Top 5 Secondary Conditions to Tinnitus ⏩11:40 Mental health conditions secondary to tinnitus ⏩15:00 Let's do some VA fuzzy math ⏩17:30 VA Claims Insider can help you increase your VA rating ⏩19:49 Join VA Claims Insider Elite Mastermind and start FREE! ⏩24:40 Can you claim Insomnia secondary to Tinnitus? ⏩26:05 C&P Exam for Depression "Occupational and Social Impairment" ⏩26:49 Medication side effects can be used to service connect secondary VA claims! ⏩31:00 There are FREE services out there, or you can use our fee-based membership program ⏩32:00 The most common denial for OSA is weight gain ⏩35:44 What does Tinnitus sounds like? 💥 VA CLAIMS INSIDER ELITE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM ✅ Join VA Claims Insider Elite, get instant access to $13,119 worth of high-value VA disability claim resources for FREE up-front, and potentially get your VA claim for PTSD service connected in less time: http://www.vaclaimsinsiderelite.com **How a 10% Tinnitus VA Rating Can Get You to 90% Combined!** According to the Veterans Benefits Administration, Tinnitus, aka “Ringing in the Ear Syndrome,” is the #1 most claimed VA disability with 1,971,201 disabled veterans with a service-connected Tinnitus rating of 10%. While Tinnitus is only rated at 10%, making it a low-value VA claim, did you know there are 5 high-value VA disability claims (rated at 30% or above) that can be medically linked to Tinnitus? In our experience, many veteran service officers, attorneys, claims agents, and veterans don’t even realize they qualify for a variety of additional VA disability benefits due to their current service-connected Tinnitus condition. Why? Because they aren’t medical experts, and yet, VA disability claims depend almost entirely upon MEDICAL EVIDENCE! Tinnitus can have significant debilitating effects on veterans, often leading to a variety of other disabling conditions in veterans such as headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, chronic pain syndrome, and sleep apnea, among others. Okay, it’s time to jump into the main disability conditions causally linked to be proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected Tinnitus. How to Establish Service Connection Secondary to Tinnitus In accordance with 38 CFR § 3.310 disabilities that are proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected disease or injury, a current disability condition, which is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury shall be service connected. Service connection on a secondary basis requires a showing of causation. A showing of causation requires that the secondary disability claim be shown to be “proximately due to” or “aggravated by” another service-connected disability. There are three evidentiary elements that must be satisfied for secondary conditions to Tinnitus to prove service connection under the law: 💥 A medical diagnosis of the secondary disability condition you want to link to Tinnitus AND 💥 A current service-connected primary disability (e.g., your current VA Tinnitus rating) AND 💥 Medical nexus evidence establishing a connection between the service-connected Tinnitus and the current disability you’re trying to connect (e.g., Migraines, Anxiety, Depression, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Sleep Apnea) The first part can be satisfied with any existing medical evidence in-service treatment records, VA medical records, or any private medical records. The second part can be satisfied with a veteran’s existing service-connected disability rated at 0 percent or higher, which in this case, is Tinnitus. The third part, and often the missing link needed to establish a secondary service connection, can be satisfied with a credible medical nexus letter (Independent Medical Opinion) from a qualified medical provider. List of Top 5 Secondary Conditions to Tinnitus: #1: Migraine Headaches secondary to Tinnitus #2: Anxiety secondary to Tinnitus #3: Depression secondary to Tinnitus #4: Somatic Symptom Disorder secondary to Tinnitus #5: Sleep Apnea secondary to Tinnitus 🚀 Check out the VA Claims Insider blog here: https://vaclaimsinsider.com/blog/ 🔥 We go LIVE every Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday on Facebook:   / vaclaimsinsider