The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability, bilateral upper extremity disabilities, and dizziness as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's dizziness is etiologically related to medications prescribed to treat his service-connected disabilities, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain with degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease and intervertebral disc syndrome, left upper extremity disability (claimed as numbness), right upper extremity disability (claimed as numbness), dizziness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25007107
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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