Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and vertigo due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining medical opinions.

The Veteran's residuals of perforated right eardrum with related conditions are granted a 100 percent rating effective June 12, 2006.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and granted an initial separate and compensable disability rating of 10 percent, and no higher, for vertigo secondary to tinnitus. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for vestibular migraines and residuals of basal cell carcinomas, and assigned a 60 percent rating from February 23, 2024, for the left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo due to a need for further development of evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for vertigo and headaches to obtain new VA medical opinions that address whether the Veteran's conditions are caused or aggravated by his service-connected hypertension, as well as direct etiological opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and denied service connection for a cardiovascular disorder, vertigo, back disability, and left shoulder disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating greater than 30 percent for service-connected Meniere's disease prior to August 16, 2021.

The Board granted restoration of a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective August 1, 2023. The claim for an increased rating was denied. Service connection claims for sinusitis, chest pain, and vertigo were remanded.

The Board remands the service connection claim for acoustic neuroma of the left vestibular nerve due to deficiencies in the previous adjudication, including an inadequate nexus opinion and a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), migraine headaches, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) and remanded claims related to eye conditions, traumatic brain injury (TBI), temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), and tension headaches.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's vertigo, as due to his service-connected low back injury and bilateral radiculopathy.

The appeal for service connection for various disabilities was withdrawn, and an effective date of April 7, 2023, was granted for a 40 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted restoration of the 10 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, but no higher, and the 30 percent evaluation for cervical spondylosis, but no higher. It also granted a 40 percent rating for radiculopathy right upper extremity from March 2, 2020.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for Meniere's disease and remanded the service connection claims for heart, essential tremors, brain, and diverticulosis disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for vertigo but dismissed the appeals for urinary frequency and restless leg syndrome due to the Veteran's withdrawal of those claims.

The Veteran was granted a rating of 60 percent, but no higher, from December 1, 2019 for the evaluation of Meniere's Syndrome with tinnitus. An earlier effective date than December 1, 2019 for service-connected Meniere's Syndrome with tinnitus was denied.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for migraine headaches, resolving any reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for vertigo to correct duty to assist errors.