The Board has granted the reduction of the veteran's disability rating for bilateral hearing loss from 30% to 20%, effective October 1, 2004.
The deciding factor: The RO determined that the appropriate diagnostic criteria were misapplied in the original rating decision and a reduction was warranted based on this error.
- Claimed conditions
- vertigo and dizziness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0613888
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What this means for you
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