Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury, vertigo, sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension (HTN), and cardiovascular disorder. The claims were based on direct evidence showing current diagnoses but no in-service incurrence or continuity of symptoms.

The Board has remanded the claim for an adequate VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's varicose veins are aggravated by his service-connected Meniere's syndrome with bilateral hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the claim for an adequate VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's varicose veins are aggravated by his service-connected Meniere's syndrome with bilateral hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus.

The Board has denied service connection for visual disorder, loss of taste, peripheral vestibular disorder (dizziness), loss of memory, right shoulder disorder, and TMJ. The claims are being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's spinal disorders.

The Board has granted service connection for vertigo, but withdrawn the appeals for unspecified depressive disorder and PTSD.

Service connection is granted for genitourinary impairment and vertigo. The claim of service connection for insomnia to include as secondary to migraines is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for endometriosis with left side pain, finding that it is etiologically related to the Veteran's service-connected hysterectomy.,Service connection was denied for metabolic disorder and dizziness/vertigo as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a neurological disorder (also claimed as vertigo) due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, finding that there was no causal relationship between his condition and his military service. The Board considered direct service connection but found insufficient evidence to establish such.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a fear of heights was denied as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of acrophobia or any other disability manifested by a fear of heights.,The Veteran's appeal for TDIU prior to October 4, 2016 was dismissed due to the establishment of service connection for bladder cancer and the presence of another compensably rated disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for vestibular schwannoma and left ear hearing loss due to a lack of medical nexus opinions and potential radiation exposure.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his service connection claims for Meniere's disease with hearing loss and tinnitus. The case is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's Meniere's disease with hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo, finding no chronic symptoms in service and no evidence of a nexus to service. The Veteran's more recent histories of onset were inconsistent with other, more contemporaneous lay and medical evidence.

The Veteran's claim for an initial, maximum schedular 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) associated with bilateral hearing loss is granted from January 15, 2020.

The Board has remanded the claims for mitochondrial disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), arachnoiditis, enhanced brain meninges, and Horner's Syndrome, cognitive maladies, vertigo, chronic headache disability, chronic fatigue, gastrointestinal (GI) problems, and tinnitus due to service connection issues. The remand requires additional medical opinions on the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for vertigo (claimed as dizzy spells) was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a causal relationship to service, particularly given the Veteran's consistent denial of dizziness during his active duty.

The Veteran's TBI with vertigo and TDIU claims are remanded due to the need for a new VA examination, as well as VCAA notice regarding his TDIU claim.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's vertigo disability pre-existed service and if it was aggravated by service. The case will be returned for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether a racing heartbeat during episodes of Meniere's disease is caused by or aggravated by the service-connected Meniere's disease.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for vertigo was denied. The claim for service connection for persistent depression with anxiety is granted, and the claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability is reopened.,The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities and migraine headaches are remanded for further evaluation.

The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress is granted service connection. Service connection for vertigo and rod in the right leg are denied.