Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2009

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus and otitis media with a healed perforated eardrum and vertigo, as the maximum schedular evaluations were already in place.

The case is remanded for additional development to ensure compliance with the duty to notify and assist under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for vertigo with dizziness and headaches, secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The veteran's nasopharyngeal cancer, left ear hearing loss and vertigo were not related to his active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 5, 2005 for the grant of service connection for benign proximal positional vertigo (BPPV).

The Board granted service connection for vertigo, giving the benefit of the doubt to the veteran and finding a nexus between his in-service complaints of dizziness and his current condition.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, dizziness, loss of muscle control, and memory loss were denied as no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for a gastrointestinal disability, and there is no evidence linking any of these conditions to his period of service.