Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matters for further development, including obtaining additional VA medical opinions to address the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions and entitlement to earlier effective dates.

The appeal was denied for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and a compensable rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy, while other claims were remanded.

The Board denied a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and remanded the issue of entitlement to a separate rating for vertigo as secondary to service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for vertigo and denied service connection for Meniere's disease, pes planus, hypertension, and sleep apnea.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for insomnia disorder, and remanded claims for service connection for headaches and vertigo.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for vertigo to correct a duty to assist error regarding an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for a back condition, neck condition, left hamstrings condition, right hamstrings condition, blurry vision, and vertigo (also claimed as giddiness) because there was no evidence of current disabilities or an in-service injury that caused the conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected Meniere's syndrome with vertigo, hearing impairment, and tinnitus was granted a 100 percent rating effective March 1, 2017.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, vertigo (also claimed as dizziness), left knee tendonitis and osteoarthritis, right knee strain and osteoarthritis, left hip disorder diagnosed as left hip osteoarthritis, and right hip disorder diagnosed as right hip osteoarthritis.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for a vestibular disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Meniere's disease and peripheral vestibular disorder due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot condition and denied increased ratings for various conditions, but granted an initial 10 percent rating for a pilonidal cyst scar from March 7, 2024 and granted TDIU.

The Board remands the matter for another VA examination to evaluate the severity of the Veteran's Meniere's disease due to an inadequate February 2018 VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a right hand fracture, to include osteoarthritis, and remanded the claim for vertigo.

The Board granted reinstatement of the 100 percent rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals and a separate 30 percent disability rating for vertigo, among other decisions.

The Board granted service connection for migraine including migraine variants and recurrent vertigo/dizziness, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions, including lumbosacral strain, tinnitus, right knee disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bilateral hearing loss, sciatica and lumbar radiculopathy, sleep apnea, and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

The appeal for several conditions, including insomnia, hypertension, and various disabilities, was dismissed due to procedural issues.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for TBI residuals, a separate 30 percent rating for a peripheral vestibular disorder associated with service-connected TBI, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from August 9, 2022.

The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for vertigo with tinnitus, the maximum schedular rating for peripheral vestibular disorders.