Ellis C. Smith v. Anthony J. Principi

ORDER

This case has been remanded to this Court by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) in light of its reversal of this Court’s precedential opinion in Wanner v. Principi 17 Vet.App. 4 (2003) (Wanner I), reversed in part, 370 F.3d 1124, (Fed.Cir.2004) (Wanner II). Smith (Ellis) v. Principi 108 Fed.Appx. 628 (Fed.Cir.2004) {Smith II). In the Federal Circuit’s review of Wanner I, a case in which this Court had (1) remanded a separate-ratings-for-each-ear tinnitus claim to the Board for consideration of 38 C.F.R. § 4.25(b) (1998 & 1999) and (2) reviewed 38 C.F.R. §…