The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic disability manifested by dizziness secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability, as the preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the dizziness was caused or aggravated by the cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the January 2008 VA neurological examiner gave more weight than those from the February 2008 VA ear disease examiner and concluded that the veteran's dizziness was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected cervical spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic disability manifested by dizziness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0907704
What this means for you
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