Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss effective April 3, 2025.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia and vertigo to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board dismissed the appeals for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, an increased rating for tinnitus, service connection for vertigo, and service connection for a right ankle disability due to untimely VA Form 10182 submissions without good cause shown.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension and TDIU due to PTSD, while denying service connection for a neck disability and remanding claims for vasovagal syncope and migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including tinnitus, traumatic brain injury, post-concussion migraines, peripheral vestibular disorder, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome thoracolumbar spine, lumbar right side sciatic nerve radiculopathy, lumbar left side sciatic nerve radiculopathy, cervical strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, and cervical right upper extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted restoration of the PTSD and TBI with peripheral vestibular disorder rating from 50 percent to 70 percent effective April 1, 2025.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD and an initial compensable rating for vertigo.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a migraine disorder, and vertigo as the evidence did not support a link to the Veteran's service or a service-connected condition.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20% rating for lumbar spine disability and service connection for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, while denying service connection for vertigo.

The Board remands the claim for a vestibular and/or balance disorder to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities indirectly cause or aggravate his claimed balance issues.

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.