The Veteran's claims for service connection for a vision condition and dizzy spells and vertigo have been denied as there is no current chronic disability found, and the symptoms are attributed to his service-connected TBI.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current, chronic vision disorder or a separate and distinct disease manifested by dizzy spells and vertigo that was incurred in or aggravated by active service.
- Claimed conditions
- vision condition, dizzy spells and vertigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1806957
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