Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2024

The Board denied service connection for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and four other conditions, finding that these conditions were not incurred or related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder with TBI was denied as the evidence did not show total social and occupational impairment.

The Veteran's service-connected right vestibular disorder, characterized by hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once weekly, is granted a rating of 100 percent.

Service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and chronic bronchitis is granted.,The Veteran's allergic rhinitis, nephrolithiasis (renal calculi), diverticulitis, and colon polyps are not entitled to increased ratings.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional VA examinations.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for service connection of Meniere's disease, and the Board has dismissed this claim.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated at 0 percent, and the appeal for a higher rating is denied.,The Veteran's BPPV is currently rated at 10 percent, and the appeal for a higher rating is denied.

The Board has granted an effective date of November 7, 2019 for the award of service connection for headaches. The issue of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for TBI with vertigo is remanded due to a lack of sufficient VA examination records.

The Board has determined that the VA opinions obtained in connection with this claim were insufficient for determining service connection. The Veteran's peripheral vestibular disorder is being remanded to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether it is at least as likely as not related to his service-connected left ear hearing loss and/or tinnitus, or due to toxic exposure during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Meniere's disease, finding that there is no current diagnosis of this condition during or recent to the pendency of the claim.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Meniere's disease is at least as likely as not aggravated by his service-connected migraine headaches and tinnitus, thus granting service connection for this condition.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection on all listed conditions due to his death.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for consideration of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, including on an extraschedular basis. The original claim for a higher rating for positional vertigo remains denied as the Veteran is already in receipt of the maximum schedular rating.

Service connection for tinnitus and vertigo has been granted, while service connection for TBI, sleep apnea, low back pain arthritis, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (claimed as neuropathy), radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (claimed as neuropathy), right knee pain arthritis, left knee pain arthritis, right shin splints, left shin splints, right elbow and arm pain arthritis, left elbow and arm pain arthritis, right wrist pain arthritis, left wrist pain arthritis, right shoulder pain arthritis, left shoulder pain arthritis, right hip pain arthritis, left hip pain arthritis, right foot pain arthritis, and left foot pain arthritis have been denied.,Service connection for a left index finger arthralgia has been granted with an effective date of November 12, 2008. Service connection for lateral collateral ligament sprain and degenerative arthritis of the right ankle has been granted with an effective date of July 12, 2021.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he requested the withdrawal of his entire appeal concerning service connection for cervical strain, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, dizziness reported as vertigo, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and will consider whether the Veteran's vertigo is related to service-connected conditions, including hearing loss and depression.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for vertigo as there is no evidence to support a current disability or a link between his in-service period and his condition.

The Board has identified errors in the prior decision and has ordered remand for further investigation into the Veteran's claimed service exposure to herbicide agents, particularly during his TDY assignments in Vietnam. The issues of diabetes mellitus type II, Parkinson's disease, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, Meniere's disease, aortic and vein disability, left lower diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower diabetic peripheral neuropathy, sleep apnea, and vertigo are all remanded for further review.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for Meniere's disease, dizziness, sleep apnea, a sleep disorder, and depression due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology. The Veteran is not service connected for any disability that could serve as a basis for secondary service connection.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for BPPV due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. A new VA examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's BPPV disability is causally or etiologically related to his military service, including as due to exposure to hazardous noise.