Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, vertigo due to Meniere's disease associated with bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from July 16, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran was unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss, Vertigo due to Meniere's disease associated with bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097479
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