Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for right ankle strain and increased disability ratings to 30 percent for right shoulder AC joint osteoarthritis, right knee arthritic changes, left knee meniscal repair, sinusitis, and vertigo.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of hypertension and remanded several other claims, including those for brain damage, memory loss, vertigo, seizures, acquired psychiatric disability, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain with IVDS, left and right upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the now service-connected cervical strain, increased ratings for headaches, back disability, and sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to anxiety disorder, to include depression and a 100 percent initial rating for Meniere's disease.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for compensable ratings for traumatic brain injury with vertigo and post-traumatic headaches.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine strain, hypertension, right ankle strain, left ankle strain, right hand tenosynovitis, left hand tenosynovitis, a right hip disability, and a left hip disability. The appeal was dismissed for sleep apnea, vertigo, a left knee disability, headaches, and coronary artery disease. Tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were denied higher ratings.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for vertigo and PTSD, an increased initial rating for migraines, and TDIU.

The appeal of the issues related to increased disability evaluations for various conditions, including peripheral vestibular disease, anxiety disorder with depressive disorder and insomnia disorder, left ear hearing loss, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for Meniere's disease with vertigo and tinnitus associated with traumatic brain injury, residuals of head trauma but denied a compensable rating for migraines associated with the same condition.

The Board granted a 20 percent evaluation for the Veteran's right knee meniscal injury and remanded several service connection claims.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for positional vertigo and denied service connection for prostatitis, sinusitis, and traumatic brain injury.

The Veteran's Meniere's syndrome was granted a 100 percent rating, and he was awarded special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance from July 8, 2020.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for PTSD, BPPV with perforated tympanic membrane, and hallux valgus due to a lack of formal or informal claims prior to August 13, 2012.

The Board denied the claims for an increased disability evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, dismissed the claim for an increased evaluation of left shoulder glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis and service connection for vertigo due to untimely appeals.

The appeal for service connection for motion sickness, dizziness, vertigo; tinnitus; and bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for vertigo, as the evidence did not show staggering or dizziness more than once weekly.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, right index finger disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability as there was no evidence of a nexus between the current disabilities and the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's initial ratings for hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo were granted a 100 percent rating under DC 6205 effective from May 6, 2019.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus, migraine headaches, and vertigo due to the severity of his symptoms not warranting a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability but denied increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a headache disability, and hypertension. The claim for vertigo was remanded.