The Board granted service connection for dizzy spells as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The VA treatment providers opined that it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current dizziness was due to his hearing loss and tinnitus, leading to a positive nexus for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- dizzy spells
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065756
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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