Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss but granted service connection for BPPV secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and denied service connection, compensable ratings, and higher ratings for various conditions.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraines and service connection for vertigo, while denying increased ratings for anxiety disorder with depressive features to include TBI, chronic rhinitis, and sinusitis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from performing the physical and mental acts required for substantially gainful employment prior to April 3, 2018. However, he is entitled to special monthly compensation based on housebound status from April 3, 2018 to May 4, 2022.

The Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than September 8, 2009 for the award of service connection for Meniere's disease, including tinnitus and hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the June 2023 VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for a neck disorder, migraine headaches, and vertigo to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and erectile dysfunction due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including shoulder, elbow, hand, leg, ankle, paralysis, hypertension, tuberculosis, eye, hernia, and vertigo, as there was no evidence of current disability or a nexus to service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, as well as a higher rating for traumatic brain injury with headaches and tinnitus, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder condition secondary to left shoulder rotator cuff tear, sinusitis, and a 30 percent rating for vertigo since December 14, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sleep apnea, left and right hand disabilities, lumbar degenerative disc disease, left and right knee disabilities, hypertension, coronary artery disease, headache disability, vertigo, hiatal hernia/GERD, and effective date prior to June 28, 2018, for the award of service connection for other trauma and stressor-related disorder. The Board granted an initial evaluation of 50 percent, but no higher, for other trauma and stressor-related disorder and a TDIU.

The Board granted a separate rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected vertigo and staggering, finding that the symptoms are not duplicative or overlapping with those of his tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma, Barrett's esophagus/gastroesophageal reflux disease, and mucous retention cysts to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding their nature and etiology.

The Board granted service connection for low back condition, neck condition, right arm epicondylitis, and a disability characterized by vertigo, nausea, and loss of balance.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and a left knee condition, but denied service connection for hearing loss, vertigo, right ankle, right knee, and right wrist conditions. The claims for lumbar spine and allergic rhinitis were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include insomnia and an anxiety disorder, secondary to service-connected tinnitus, and vertigo, as the AOJ failed to obtain a proper medical examination and opinion in this case.

The Board denied initial compensable ratings for testicular atrophy with male sterility and hypogonadism, deviated septum, migraines, and hypothyroidism. A 100 percent rating was granted for Meniere's syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's syndrome, finding it is at least as likely as not that the condition started in service and has continued since.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease and peripheral vertigo, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.