Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's surviving spouse is a proper substitute claimant and service connection for TBI has been granted. The evidence supports the assertion of a TBI in service, including symptoms such as vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and staggering affect.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection and increased rating claims have been dismissed due to the improper characterization of her issues. The Board does not have jurisdiction over these matters.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the Veteran's claimed disability, including dizziness, motion sickness, labyrinthitis, and vertigo, is not related to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his hearing loss, right eardrum disorder, knee disorder, vertigo, dizziness, and wrist fractures.

The Veteran's nausea is considered a symptom of his service-connected right ear hearing loss and tinnitus, which are already established. The Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn for the claims of service connection for various conditions, including impetigo of the hands, tinea cruris, low blood pressure condition, head injury with dizziness and nausea, vertigo associated with low blood pressure condition, right leg condition with cramping, left leg condition with cramping, peripheral neuropathy in upper extremities, and a right foot condition. The claims are dismissed as withdrawn.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a peripheral vestibular disorder and finds that any such condition is not related to his active service. As a result, the claim for service connection for a peripheral vestibular disorder is denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current disorder manifested by imbalance and dizziness, including benign positional vertigo and Meniere's disease, did not manifest in service or until many years thereafter and is not otherwise attributable to such active duty. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for Meniere's syndrome, as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for labyrinthine disease, claimed as Meniere's disease, vertigo, and/or labyrinthitis. The Veteran's symptoms are not consistent with a diagnosis of Meniere's disease but are more likely related to his hypertension.

The Board found that the Veteran's current Meniere's syndrome is not related to his service or any service-connected conditions, and denied the claim.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, finding that the evidence did not show their presence or association with military service.

The Board found that the Veteran's Meniere's disease is not related to his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied service connection claim for bilateral hearing loss disability and granted it. The Veteran also has a current diagnosis of imbalance and dizziness, which is related to his military service.

The Board found no evidence to support a direct or secondary service connection for vertigo, and denied the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA vocational rehabilitation records and private treatment records. The Veteran's vertigo or Meniere's disease need to be evaluated by a VA examiner to determine if it is related to his service.

The Veteran's claims for various conditions, including neurological disabilities of the extremities, vertigo, spontaneous fevers and chills, sleep apnea, hypertension, headaches, skin rash condition, and malignant melanoma, were denied as there is no competent medical or credible lay evidence to support these claims. The appeal does not involve service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim of hypertension, and that vertigo/dizziness, skin disorder, left upper extremity neurological disorders, right upper extremity neurological disorders, and injury to the right upper extremity are not related to active duty service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's Meniere's syndrome, previously rated as separate ratings for hearing loss and labyrinthitis, is now rated at 100 percent effective July 28, 2011.