The Veteran's dizziness resulting from residual lung cancer is rated at 30 percent, effective December 21, 2011.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s symptoms of dizziness were analogous to peripheral vestibular disorder and assigned a rating under Diagnostic Code 6204 for residuals of lung cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Small cell carcinoma of the lungs with metastasis of the right paratracheal lymph node in remission (residuals of lung cancer), Peripheral vestibular disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20067579
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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