The Board granted service connection for dizziness, finding it to be caused by medication taken to treat the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The most persuasive evidence weighed in favor of a finding that the Veteran's dizziness was caused by his service-connected PTSD medications, thus granting service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness, neck disability, traumatic brain injury (TBI), headaches, numbness to the legs
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23000711
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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