The Board has granted service connection for a vestibular disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is linked to his in-service traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided sufficient evidence linking the Veteran’s current vestibular disorder to his in-service TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- vestibular disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20021817
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The appeal pertaining to entitlement to service connection for a vestibular disorder was dismissed due to procedural defects in the Notice of Disagreement.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal seeking service connection for multiple conditions, including a speech disorder, cervical spine disorder, TBI, visual impairment, and vestibular disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to his failure to appear for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
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