Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for dizziness/vertigo and sleep impairment as secondary to tinnitus due to inadequate medical opinions.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed as untimely because the Veteran did not timely file a VA Form 10182 within one year of the May 2021 rating decision, and good cause has not been shown.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower and upper extremities secondary to diabetes but denied service connection for Meniere's syndrome. The claim for an increased rating for coronary artery disease was also denied.

The Board granted separate evaluations of 30 percent for vertigo, 10 percent for tinnitus, and 10 percent for left ear hearing loss prior to March 13, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for Meniere's disease to obtain an adequate opinion on whether it is aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected left ear hearing loss or tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease, finding that it is directly related to the Veteran's service.

The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent disability rating for Meniere's syndrome from October 7, 2022 to September 10, 2023 is granted.

The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and service connection for metatarsalgia (foot pain) (Morton's disease) (plantar fasciitis (also claimed as foot problems) was dismissed. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 30 percent for vertigo, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a vestibular disorder, to include vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions to address secondary service connection and duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted an effective date of November 25, 2015, for the assignment of an initial 60 percent disability rating for the service-connected ear disability.

The Board granted a separate 30 percent rating for vertigo, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected insomnia disorder with major depressive disorder.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection for adjustment disorder, insomnia, and vertigo.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD with major depressive disorder, and hypertension as secondary to PTSD with major depressive disorder. It also granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder from May 1, 2023, and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for PTSD with TBI from March 12, 2020 to January 4, 2022 and denied an effective date earlier than January 5, 2022 for the 70 percent rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 27, 2019, for service connection of peripheral vestibular disorder (vertigo or dizziness), chronic prostatitis, chronic laryngitis, and erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied service connection for high cholesterol, TMJ, chronic neck pain, gallbladder removal, high blood pressure, inguinal hernia, chronic pain in both feet, left knee disability, and right knee disability as there was no evidence of a current disability or functional impairment that limits earning capacity.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for lower urinary tract symptoms, erectile dysfunction, vertigo, and psoriatic arthritis to correct pre-decisional errors in the VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo, hypertension, a disability manifested by insomnia, left and right ankle disabilities, pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and GERD as there was no evidence of current disability during the appeal period.