The Veteran's dizziness is related to his service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus, and the Board finds that it was incurred as a result of his service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's intermittent dizzy spells were more likely than not related to vestibular dysfunction and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which is characterized by recurrent episodes of ear fullness, hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. The examiner also noted that the inner ear includes the vestibular apparatus.
- Claimed conditions
- dizzy spells
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0917647
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