The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a balance disorder, including BPPV and ETD, as it found no evidence that these conditions were related to his active service or service-connected hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided by an otolaryngologist concluded that the Veteran's balance disorders are not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Balance Disorder, BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo), Eustachian Tube Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2023
- Citation
- 23015398
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