The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disorder manifested by bilateral ear pain, dizziness, and a headache disorder, all secondary to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and service or any other basis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no current condition related to the claimed disorders and did not find a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss and the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ear pain, dizziness, headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23058290
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