Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2010

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including scheduling a VA examination and readjudicating the claim.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service treatment records and a need for further examination regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions. The claims will be reconsidered based on the additional evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the right knee and Meniere's disease are likely due to his military service, granting service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for pes planus and a higher initial rating for chloracne of the face. The claim for service connection for dizziness is pending.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (bilateral hearing loss, suppurative otitis media, tinnitus, and vertigo) do not render him unemployable as his combined disability rating is only 60 percent.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's vertigo is related to his military service and grants this appeal.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for multiple conditions, including nausea, diarrhea, bleeding, increased susceptibility to infection, blood clots in legs, scars from infected scratches, pneumonia, high fever, rare virus, skin peeling off body, vomiting, growth on kidneys, boil on genitals, intestinal polyp, diverticulosis (claimed as irritation and small tear in intestine), pancreatitis (claimed as pancreas infection), headaches (claimed as pain on the side of his head), paroxysmal positional vertigo (claimed as inner ear problems with dizziness), memory loss and anxiety, coronary artery disease (claimed as heart attack), and pilonidal cyst were denied. The Veteran's only service-connected disability is malaria, rated noncompensably disabling.

The Veteran's Meniere's disease is currently rated at 30 percent, but the medical evidence does not support an increase in evaluation.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional service records and provide a VA examination for his Meniere's disease of the right ear. The issues of entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C, left leg disorder, left toe disorder, hypothyroidism, and TDIU are also pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development and review, as they are not ready for final decision.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for vertigo is being remanded due to the need for further examination and medical opinion regarding the relationship between his current symptoms of vertigo and his military service.