The Board has determined that the Veteran's peripheral vestibular disorder, including Meniere’s syndrome and vestibular migraine, is caused by his service-connected disabilities. As a result, service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows that the Veteran's peripheral vestibular disorder is related to his in-service barotrauma and subsequent chronic ear infections, which are also service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere’s syndrome, vestibular migraine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18137929
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of vestibular migraine with visually induced dizziness and resolved right-sided benign paroxysmal vertigo, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct link to service or secondary to service-connected tinnitus and hearing loss.
- Granted
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- Denied
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