Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for vertigo, an acquired psychiatric disability, nerve damage, and lung damage.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a need for additional development, including verification of toxic exposure risk activities and obtaining medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for vertigo, but remanded the claims for bilateral hand disability, speech disability, and memory loss.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for left and right lower extremity neuropathy, but remanded issues related to an increased rating for lumbar strain and a claim for dizziness and vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for acquired vertigo and entitlement to a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for further development.

The Board remands the matter to correct a pre-decision duty to assist error and ensure a full evaluation of the Veteran's vertigo with disequilibrium.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of peripheral vestibular disorder, to include BPPV, as a pre-decisional duty to assist error requires further medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, peripheral vestibular disorder, bilateral hearing loss, cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, and bilateral cataracts. However, it granted a 10 percent disability rating for TBI and a 70 percent disability rating for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, effective from August 21, 2020.

The Board's decision on July 23, 2019, is vacated and the issues are remanded for reconsideration under the modernized review system.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for various conditions, including chronic thoracolumbar strain, radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, traumatic brain injury with vertigo, and others.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for vertigo and chronic diverticulosis due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, cervical degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, and radiculopathies of the upper and lower extremities. A 30 percent rating was also granted for vertigo associated with TBI.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and Meniere's syndrome (vertigo) but remanded claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, a back disability, heart palpitations, and varicose veins.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo as the evidence did not support a finding that it was incurred in or aggravated by service, nor was it found to be secondary to any of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss from September 30, 2020, to October 22, 2024, but denied an initial compensable evaluation prior to that date and an evaluation in excess of 20 percent on or after October 22, 2024. The Board also denied service connection for vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a need for further evidence and an addendum opinion.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo/dizziness, an eye disability, and a thyroid condition as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus to service.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for CAD, headaches, an eye condition, and vertigo to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral vestibular dysfunction disorder, claimed as vertigo, and sleep apnea, both as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

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