The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for cerebellar degeneration and vestibular dysfunction, as well as his claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Board found that there was no evidence to support a relationship between these conditions and his service-connected hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions did not find any causal link between the veteran's cerebellar degeneration and vestibular dysfunction, or his service-connected hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebellar degeneration, vestibular dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0305096
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