The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for vertigo.,His claim of reopening the bilateral hearing loss claim has been reopened due to new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted, but the claim remains denied as there is no direct or presumptive service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1020403
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What this means for you
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