The veteran's service-connected benign positional vertigo is manifested by dizziness and occasional staggering. The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence, in conjunction with the veteran's testimony regarding the occasional staggering he suffers in addition to dizziness, more nearly approximates the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6204.
- Claimed conditions
- benign positional vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0615281
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- Denied
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