The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a disability manifested by imbalance, finding no current diagnosis of such a condition and thus failing to meet the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of a disability manifesting in imbalance.
- Claimed conditions
- imbalance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21028175
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