The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and remanded the claim for service connection of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, secondary to service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's tinnitus was found to be related to her in-service noise exposure, while the etiology of her BPPV is not clearly linked to her service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029494
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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