Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the case due to concerns about the credibility of the Veteran's statements regarding when his Meniere's syndrome began during service. The Veteran will be given an opportunity to provide evidence supporting his claims and a new VA examination will be scheduled.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 18, 2019, for the grant of service connection for Meniere's syndrome.

The Board denied a disability rating higher than 30 percent for vertigo, as the Veteran's current symptoms do not warrant a higher evaluation under the applicable diagnostic criteria.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine, left ankle deltoid ligament sprain, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, bilateral otitis externa, eczema, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain with osteoarthritis, tinnitus, left varicocele, and cystitis, render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for peripheral vestibular disorder and denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and service connection for brain tumor, diagnosed as vestibular schwannoma/acoustic neuroma.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for vertigo associated with the service-connected TBI, but denied an increased disability rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD and MDD and TBI.

The Board granted service connection for acute right ankle strain, left ankle strain, left knee strain, and neck strain but denied service connection for right hand thumb pain and a vestibular condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Meniere's disease claim requires further examination and analysis due to a duty-to-assist error, and thus remands the case for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease, finding no current disability of Meniere's disease.

The Board has denied service connection for scars, lumbar spine disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability. The Veteran's peripheral vestibular disorder was also denied as secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to a withdrawal by the appellant's authorized representative.

The Veteran's service connection claims for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and bilateral hand disability, manifesting as bilateral hand pain, have been granted. The claim of service connection for hepatitis is being remanded.,Service connection has been established for BPPV and bilateral hand disability, manifesting as bilateral hand pain, based on credible lay evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and records. The issues of TBI, psychiatric disability, sleep impairment, headache, vestibular disorder, shoulder disabilities, knee, ankle, foot, and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy will be reconsidered.

The Veteran's tinnitus, headaches, and vertigo are granted service connection. However, the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is denied.,Service connection for anxiety is remanded as a VA examination is required.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for Meniere's syndrome, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to support a claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Meniere's disease as there is no current diagnosis of this condition in her medical records.

The Veteran's Meniere's syndrome, which encompasses hearing impairment, tinnitus, and vertigo, is now rated at 100 percent from December 9, 2020. Additionally, SMC based on the statutory housebound rate is granted beginning December 9, 2020.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration, including obtaining private treatment records and reviewing evidence added to the claims file since the March 2023 Supplemental Statement of the Case. The Veteran's TDIU rating claim is being referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular evaluation prior to May 22, 2024.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for her 100% disability rating for Meniere's syndrome is remanded due to missing documents from the March 2011 decision.