Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

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.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD and an effective date of July 5, 2018, for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria. Service connection was also granted for vertigo but denied for a vision disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating in excess of 60 percent for a lung disability, characterized as COPD with vertigo and sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and granted a 10 percent rating for left hip limitation of extension, while denying other claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings, except for restoring a 30 percent disability rating for right knee strain and a 20 percent disability rating for left knee strain.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo and remanded the claim for a psychiatric disability to include insomnia, PTSD, and anxiety due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood but denied service connection for vertigo as secondary to tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) as there is no credible evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and a causal relationship between the current disability and an in-service disease or injury.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of right hip joint replacement, left hip degenerative arthritis and residuals of joint replacement, and right and left knee degenerative arthritis. The claim for vertigo was denied.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the evaluations of migraine headaches and a vestibular disorder on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) because it lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate these claims.

The Board granted service connection for valvular heart disease and persistent postural-perceptual dizziness, but remanded the claims for residuals of bladder cancer and a prostate condition.