The Board granted an effective date of November 25, 2015, for the assignment of an initial 60 percent disability rating for the service-connected ear disability.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptomatology more nearly approximates hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring from one to four times a month, with or without tinnitus, which supports a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6205.

Claimed conditions

peripheral vestibular disorder, recurrent chronic otitis media

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

60%

Decision date

February 7, 2025

Citation

A25011614

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