The Board has granted service connection for Meniere's disease, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his in-service head trauma. The decision is based on a balance of evidence favoring the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient credible evidence of continuity of symptoms from active duty and post-service, including statements from the Veteran and an opinion from a private physician, which outweighed the opinions against service connection provided by VA examiners.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132638
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The motion to revise the December 1983 Board decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied.
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