The Board found that the veteran's diagnosed positional vertigo is not related to his active service or his service-connected tinnitus and hearing loss. Service connection for hypertension, as secondary to PTSD, was denied due to insufficient evidence of aggravation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's diagnosed positional vertigo was caused by active service or his service-connected tinnitus and hearing loss. The examiner could not provide an opinion on the degree of aggravation of hypertension without resorting to speculation due to lack of specific stressor information.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Meniere's Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0734542
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of December 9, 2020 for a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD.,The Veteran is also granted an effective date of December 9, 2020 for special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria (SMC).
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of SMC A&A based on Meniere's Disease has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew their appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there were pre-decisional duty to assist errors and remands the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's Meniere's Disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases of hearing loss and Meniere's Disease for further development due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
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