The Veteran's balance disorder is not shown to be related to his service or any service-connected disability, and the Board finds that secondary service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current balance disorder in service or within one year after separation. The Veteran's symptoms did not manifest until many years post-service, and there is no medical opinion linking his current condition to any service-connected disability or to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- balance disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2017
- Citation
- 1729473
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