Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of BPPV secondary to tinnitus due to an incomplete medical opinion. The case will be reviewed by a VA clinician.
The deciding factor: The April 2021 medical opinion did not address secondary aggravation, which is required for adjudicating a secondary service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004913
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