The Board granted service connection for a neck disability and a back disability, but denied service connection for BPPV. The right lumbar radiculopathy was also granted as secondary to the back disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a direct link between the cervical and lumbar spine disabilities and in-service motor vehicle accidents, while BPPV was not linked to service or the in-service head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), Spinal stenosis and degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine (neck disability), Spinal stenosis and degenerative arthritis of the thoracic and lumbar spine (back disability), Right lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25057649
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) as there is no credible evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and a causal relationship between the current disability and an in-service disease or injury.
- Partly granted
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar degenerative disc disease, left and right lumbar radiculopathy, and left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss from February 6, 2018 to May 21, 2023 and denied ratings in excess of 40 percent thereafter.
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