The Board has decided that the Veteran's Meniere's Disease may be related to service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but more evidence is needed to determine if it was caused by in-service noise exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to conduct a medical examination to assess whether the Veteran’s Meniere's Disease is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by active military service, including in-service exposure to hazardous noise, and/or secondary to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20020625
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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