The Veteran's service-connected Meniere's disease residuals are rated at the maximum available rating of 100 percent. The claims for secondary service connection for left hip, left knee, right knee, and psychiatric disorders have been denied as there is no evidence of these conditions during the period of this claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not meet the criteria for any of the claimed conditions, including Meniere's disease residuals which are already at their maximum rating. The VA examinations did not find any current diagnoses or findings related to the left hip, left knee, right knee, and psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease, Left Hip Disorder, Left Knee Disorder, Right Knee Disorder, Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2014
- Citation
- 1422873
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all appeals for service connection and increased rating claims due to untimely Notice of Disagreement submissions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings in excess of 30 percent for peripheral vestibular disorders (Meniere's disease) and unspecified somatic symptom and related disorder have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the claims prior to a decision being made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and an initial compensable rating for TBI, as new evidence was received. The effective date for service connection for TBI is being remanded.
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