The Veteran's claim for service connection for a balance disorder of unknown etiology was granted with an effective date of March 28, 1979. The other issues were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the original claim for dizziness as part of sinusitis was not raised until the March 1979 hearing and thus a new claim should be considered from that point onwards.
- Claimed conditions
- Balance Disorder of Unknown Etiology (claimed as vertigo/balance disorder due to inner ear problems), Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Disorder, Cervical Spine Disorder, including fibrositis and osteoarthritis of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19180218
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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