The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for Meniere's syndrome and chronic otitis media, right ear. The evidence submitted since the April 2001 rating decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating them.
The deciding factor: The new evidence includes Dr. Marenda's report linking the veteran's current symptoms to his in-service exposure, which supports reopening the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's syndrome (claimed as vertigo), chronic otitis media, right ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0635758
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The Veteran's chronic otitis media is related to his period of service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
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