Vertigo & vestibular disorders Board decisions

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed, and several claims for service connection are remanded due to pre-decisional failures of the duty to assist.

The Board found that the reduction of the rating for service-connected TBI with PTSD, major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and BPPV from 100 percent to zero percent was proper due to the Veteran's failure to report for necessary examinations without good cause.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a traumatic brain injury and Meniere's disease to ensure that VA satisfies its duty to assist in obtaining relevant records.

The Board granted a compensable initial evaluation for prostate cancer residuals and an acquired psychiatric disorder, but denied increased ratings for tinnitus, TBI, and other conditions. Effective dates were also granted for the grant of service connection for certain disabilities.

The Board dismissed all service connection claims and the appeal for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis due to the Veteran's failure to timely submit a new Notice of Disagreement.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, and the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with traumatic brain injury cognitive, emotional, and behavioral residuals was denied.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, and remanded claims for a psychiatric disability, memory loss disorder, tinnitus, and peripheral vestibular disorder with vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease, vertigo, and anemia to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for herpes virus, Bell's palsy, and vertigo for further development and medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, cervical spine disability, bilateral hip disability, vertigo, bilateral hamstring disability, pelvic disability, and kidney disability to include as secondary to service-connected hypertension. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating from March 17, 2010 to March 9, 2016, and in excess of 10 percent thereafter for symptoms other than painful facial scars, above right ear lateral scalp, but granted a 10 percent rating from March 9, 2016.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for dizziness/vertigo and sleep impairment as secondary to tinnitus due to inadequate medical opinions.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed as untimely because the Veteran did not timely file a VA Form 10182 within one year of the May 2021 rating decision, and good cause has not been shown.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower and upper extremities secondary to diabetes but denied service connection for Meniere's syndrome. The claim for an increased rating for coronary artery disease was also denied.

The Board granted separate evaluations of 30 percent for vertigo, 10 percent for tinnitus, and 10 percent for left ear hearing loss prior to March 13, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for Meniere's disease to obtain an adequate opinion on whether it is aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected left ear hearing loss or tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease, finding that it is directly related to the Veteran's service.

The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent disability rating for Meniere's syndrome from October 7, 2022 to September 10, 2023 is granted.

The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and service connection for metatarsalgia (foot pain) (Morton's disease) (plantar fasciitis (also claimed as foot problems) was dismissed. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 30 percent for vertigo, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a vestibular disorder, to include vertigo.