The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability and dizziness, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions had their onset during active military service or are related to service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's current gastrointestinal symptoms and dizziness result in functional impairment of earning capacity, meeting the criteria for a disability under VA law. The Board finds it at least as likely as not that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active military service or secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability (claimed as a stomach condition), dizziness (claimed as vertigo)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21063233
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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