The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for left ear hearing loss and service connection for vertigo, finding that there was no evidence of chronicity in service or continuity of symptoms after discharge. The Board also found that the Veteran's vertigo was not related to his service-connected left ear hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran did not have chronicity of vertigo in service and failed to establish a showing of continuity of symptoms after discharge, thus failing to meet the criteria for service connection. The Board also found no evidence linking the Veteran's current vertigo to his service-connected left ear hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ear Hearing Loss, Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1038479
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