The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic motion sickness is proximately due to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's chronic motion sickness is related to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss through interactions between the inner-ear, cerebellum, and brain.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic motion sickness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0306931
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The Veteran's claims for service connection for glioblastoma brain tumor and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as secondary to his service-connected chronic motion sickness have been denied. His claim for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss has also been denied.
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