Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for urinary incontinence due to chronic constipation, which is already service-connected. The appeal for dizziness/vertigo was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for vertigo, finding that the evidence supports a link between the Veteran's condition and their military service.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, intermittent vertigo, and residuals of miscarriage. The claims for other trauma or stressor related disorder and anxiety were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and bilateral RLS, but denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for IBS and 10 percent for vertigo. The Board also remanded the claims for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis and service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disability, visual disability (including visual hallucinations), left ankle disability, and migrainous vertigo. The claim for an increased rating for tinnitus was withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling VA examinations.

The motion to revise the December 1983 Board decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied.

The Board finds that new and relevant evidence has been received sufficient to readjudicate the previously denied claim of service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

The Board granted service connection for vertigo as it was found to be caused by the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, but denied service connection for somatic symptom disorder, depression, and an initial compensable rating for hypertension. The claims for sleep apnea, vertigo, and a gastrointestinal disability were remanded.

The Board dismissed all service connection claims due to the Veteran's death, as there is no substituted appellant for this appeal.

The Board granted an effective date of October 23, 2017, and no earlier, for the award of service connection for vestibular neuritis and a rating of 30 percent for the period from August 31, 2021.

The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was granted a disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher, on and after February 3, 2024. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 30 percent for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and initial ratings of 30 percent for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, migraines, and hiatal hernia with slight reflux and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) effective September 5, 2018.

The Board denied a rating higher than 10 percent for tinnitus and granted entitlement to TDIU from May 29, 2024, to September 25, 2024.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent evaluation for Meniere's syndrome effective September 17, 2020, and an earlier effective date of the same date for special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of Meniere's syndrome and DEA benefits, as there was no evidence of the condition or its symptoms prior to February 13, 2012.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including right shoulder strain, left shoulder disorder, right knee disorder, left knee minimal degenerative joint disease with patellar tendinitis and bursitis, vertigo, congestive heart failure, and hypertension, to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands all claims for service connection to the AOJ for further development, including obtaining relevant VA and private medical records and scheduling a VA examination.