The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for BPPV secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: While the evidence did not support a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss, it was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's BPPV is caused by his service-connected condition, leading to its grant on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25007114
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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