Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2024

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for vertigo and PTSD, but has remanded the claim regarding a jaw condition due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for Meniere's disease and right arm biceps tear, finding new evidence relevant to these conditions.,Both claims were remanded due to the submission of new evidence that supports a secondary service connection theory.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's current dizziness disability is related to service or her service-connected disabilities, including hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (also claimed as vestibular dysfunction) due to a lack of evidence showing that his current condition is causally related to active service, including any in-service exposure to Streptomycin injections.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia have been readjudicated due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for both conditions.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, as well as vertigo, are remanded for further evaluation.

The Veteran is granted a separate, 30 percent rating for vertigo with occasional staggering from December 2, 2020. The condition is not related to service-connected angiocarcinoma but rather the loss of the left inner ear.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bladder incontinence, erectile dysfunction, gastroesophageal disorder, hypothyroidism, and vertigo due to a lack of evidence showing these conditions began during or were related to active military service.

The Veteran's initial compensable disability rating for service-connected right tympanic membrane perforation has been denied. The appeal is also remanded to determine if the Veteran should be granted service connection for peripheral vestibular disorder as a complication of his service-connected right tympanic membrane perforation.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's vertigo disability is related to service and remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus with vertigo due to a duty-to-assist error. The AOJ is required to obtain addendum opinions addressing theories of secondary service connection and obesity as intermediate steps.

The Board has determined that the VA examinations are inadequate and remands the cases for further development. The Veteran's chest nodules, testicular cancer, and vertigo need to be re-evaluated by medical professionals.

The Board has granted service connection for vertigo, allergic rhinitis, and migraines as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The conditions are found to be related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his inability to use both lower extremities without assistive devices and lack of blindness in both eyes.

The Veteran's service-connected vertigo is not productive of occasional staggering or hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring from one to four times a month, with or without tinnitus. Therefore, the claim for an evaluation greater than 10 percent for vertigo under Diagnostic Code 6204 has been denied.

The Board has denied service connection for vertigo as there is no evidence of a current disability and the Veteran did not have vertigo within one year after separation from service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder, vertigo, and tinnitus are remanded due to a duty-to-assist error in the VA examination report. The PACT Act is applicable as the Veteran served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for vertigo and mood disorder as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus, resolving any doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating for PTSD or vertigo.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for Meniere's syndrome was dismissed because the October 2020 rating decision implementing the Board's grant of a 60 percent disability rating is not appealable to the Board.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia, vertigo, and migraine as they are not linked to the Veteran's active-duty service or a pre-existing condition.