The Veteran's eye disorder, including dry eye syndrome and a visual field defect resulting in blurred vision, is granted as service connected. The Veteran's disability manifested by dizziness, imbalance, and vertigo is also granted as service connected.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the Veteran's reports of symptoms during service and continuing through the present, with no clear underlying cause identified.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Disorder (including dry eye syndrome and a visual field defect resulting in blurred vision), Dizziness, Imbalance, and Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22061057
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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.
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a higher rating for tinnitus, while remanding claims for service connection for an anxiety condition, back strain, bilateral pes planus, left shoulder condition, right knee condition, and dizziness.
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