The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a balance disorder, including as secondary to bilateral lower extremity neuropathy and radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not support a medical nexus between the Veteran's claimed balance disorder and his service-connected bilateral lower extremity neuropathy and radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- balance disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045653
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 896 · Granted: 51% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted secondary service connection for balance disorder and remanded the claims for tinnitus and TBI rating. The Veteran's balance impairment is related to his TBI, cluster headaches, back disability, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the readjudication of claims for service connection for memory loss, damage to the inner ear, a balance disorder, and hearing loss disability as no new and relevant evidence was received.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including a lumbar spine disorder and various peripheral neuropathies, as the probative evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected hearing loss and balance disorder have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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