The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of a peripheral vestibular disorder that is proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected disability of tinnitus. Therefore, the claim for secondary service connection for a peripheral vestibular disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical nexus linking the veteran's diagnosed peripheral vestibular disorder to his service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vestibular Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0617914
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What this means for you
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