Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of peripheral vestibular disorder (PVD) to obtain a new VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The provided medical opinions do not meet the standard clarified in Spicer v. McDonough, 61 F.4th 1360, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2023).
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vestibular disorder (PVD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087120
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