Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and dismissed the appeal of a claim for entitlement to service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral Meniere's disease, finding a direct relationship to in-service acoustic trauma.

The appeal for service connection for insomnia, vertigo, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for atrial fibrillation and benign positional vertigo, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo as secondary to a service-connected disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder claimed as depression.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the service-connected PTSD, TBI, and TDIU but denied earlier effective dates for the migraine headaches, petit mal epilepsy with vertigo, and hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease and remanded the claim for further development regarding vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hearing loss and vertigo due to inadequate medical opinions.

The appeal for service connection for Meniere's Disease was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee disorder and vertigo to obtain additional medical opinions that address the Veteran's theories of entitlement.

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed, and several claims for service connection are remanded due to pre-decisional failures of the duty to assist.

The Board found that the reduction of the rating for service-connected TBI with PTSD, major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and BPPV from 100 percent to zero percent was proper due to the Veteran's failure to report for necessary examinations without good cause.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a traumatic brain injury and Meniere's disease to ensure that VA satisfies its duty to assist in obtaining relevant records.

The Board granted a compensable initial evaluation for prostate cancer residuals and an acquired psychiatric disorder, but denied increased ratings for tinnitus, TBI, and other conditions. Effective dates were also granted for the grant of service connection for certain disabilities.

The Board dismissed all service connection claims and the appeal for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis due to the Veteran's failure to timely submit a new Notice of Disagreement.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, and the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with traumatic brain injury cognitive, emotional, and behavioral residuals was denied.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, and remanded claims for a psychiatric disability, memory loss disorder, tinnitus, and peripheral vestibular disorder with vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease, vertigo, and anemia to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for herpes virus, Bell's palsy, and vertigo for further development and medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, cervical spine disability, bilateral hip disability, vertigo, bilateral hamstring disability, pelvic disability, and kidney disability to include as secondary to service-connected hypertension. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating from March 17, 2010 to March 9, 2016, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter for symptoms other than painful facial scars, above right ear lateral scalp, but granted a 10 percent rating from March 9, 2016.