Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for peripheral vestibular disorder/vertigo, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted initial ratings of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain and 20 percent for right and left knee strains, while denying increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to outstanding records, TERA compliance, and inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for head scars and denied increased ratings for left knee osteoarthritis, right ankle disability, and PTSD with TBI and vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, neck disability, and vestibular disability to schedule appropriate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a skin disability, respiratory disability, bilateral knee disabilities, vertigo, and kidney disease due to inadequate VA examinations.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral tinnitus was granted, while the claim for peripheral vestibular disorder (claimed as vertigo) was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for a vertigo disability, secondary to service-connected tinnitus and/or hearing loss, due to an inadequate opinion regarding causation and aggravation.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including shoulder, hand, foot, respiratory, and gastrointestinal issues, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board granted an effective date of August 31, 2022, for the award of service connection for multiple conditions including adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, chronic (claimed as depression), deviated septum with rhinitis, vertigo, sleep apnea, cervical strain (claimed as neck condition), left and right upper extremity radiculopathy, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Board granted an effective date of December 18, 2013, for the award of service connection for Meniere's syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for left knee, right ankle, and left ankle disorders, as well as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and vertigo, due to a lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in an August 2023 rating decision granting service connection for Parkinson's disease and related symptoms.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, specifically the need to obtain Social Security Administration records and an addendum opinion regarding vertigo.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and service connection for a vestibular condition (claimed as vertigo).

The appeal for service connection for cyst right hand, ring finger and vertigo was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent submission of a Decision Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice of Disagreement) while HLR requests were still pending final adjudication.

The appeal regarding increased ratings for temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ) and residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was dismissed, as the veteran elected a Direct Review docket after a higher-level review request. Service connection for avitaminosis was denied.

The appeal for service connection for migraines was granted, while the claims for bruxism and earlier effective dates were denied. The appeal for depression was dismissed, but an initial rating of 30 percent disabled for vertigo was granted.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and granted service connection for headaches. Several claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for various conditions, including emotional changes, weakness, difficulty concentrating, behavioral changes, cognitive impairment, decreased memory concentration and attention, memory loss, delayed reaction time, dizziness and vertigo, sleep disturbance, and difficulty hearing in noisy situations. The Veteran was also granted a 100 percent disability rating for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as chronic fatigue syndrome.