Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids. However, the Veteran was granted a 50% rating prior to June 12, 2024, and a 100% rating from that date forward for his acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for Meniere's syndrome with tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once weekly.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating claims, resulting in the dismissal of each claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for facial scarring and a compensable rating for vertigo, as the evidence did not support ratings in excess of 10 percent.

The Board granted service connection for TBI, vertigo, left ear hearing loss, sinusitis, and a gastrointestinal disorder. The claims for right ear hearing loss and left knee strain were denied. Service connection was also granted for adjustment disorder with an initial rating of 70 percent, but no higher, and for headaches with an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the intermediate rate between the (m) and (n) rates based on his service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the appeal to revise or reverse, based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), the June 1993 rating decision that denied service connection for vertigo.

The Board granted a maximum schedular rating of 30 percent for vertigo due to Meniere's Disease, as the evidence supports dizziness and occasional staggering.

The Board granted a separate 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and denied an effective date prior to January 30, 2023, for the award of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder.

The Board dismissed the claims for a compensable rating for headaches, an increased rating for PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea with asthma, as well as denied service connection for various conditions including allergies, bronchiectasis, nasal polyps, nausea, severe anxiety, severe depression, sexual dysfunction, suicidal ideations, and vertigo.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for vertigo to obtain additional medical opinions regarding its etiology, including whether it was aggravated by service-connected tinnitus and whether it is secondary to service-connected migraine headaches.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for vertigo, finding that it was not related to his service or caused by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for allergic rhinitis, tinea manus, headaches, vertigo, and conjunctival pigment bilateral associated with TERA participation prior to July 10, 2025, as additional development is required.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo/Meniere's disease, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the disability and the Veteran's military service or his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and/or tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for asthma and dismissed the appeal seeking service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is granted a 30 percent disability rating, but no higher. The claims for increased ratings and service connection for other conditions are denied.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease but remanded the claim for vertigo, claiming it as an ear condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, and vertigo due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims for further development.

The appeal for service connection for vertigo and/or Meniere's Disease is remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.