The Board granted service connection for vertigo and Ménière's disease based on their causation by the veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The relevant medical evidence, to include competent nexus opinions, shows that the veteran's vertigo and Ménière's disease were caused by his service-connected recurrent otitis media of the left ear with a history of surgical treatment and his service-connected migraine syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Vertigo, Ménière's disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0812961
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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