The Veteran's vertigo, staggering gait and dizziness are rated at 100 percent under DC 6205 due to attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once per week.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once weekly most closely approximate the criteria for a 100 percent rating under DC 6205, which is assigned for attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once monthly.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic labyrinthitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016637
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate examination and failure to comply with prior remand orders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for various disabilities, including psychiatric disability, erectile dysfunction, chronic labyrinthitis, pansinusitis, headache disability, low back disability, neck disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and bilateral hip disability. The Veteran's claims are pending with the RO via the Appeals Management Center in Washington, D.C.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted, with the exception of left ear hearing loss and gastrointestinal disability. The inner ear disability other than hearing loss was reopened due to new evidence, hypertension was not found to be related to service or service-connected conditions, and gastrointestinal disability was found to be aggravated by PTSD.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected chronic labyrinthitis, with vertigo, staggering, gait disturbance, hearing loss disability, and tinnitus is rated at a total (100%) schedular evaluation under DC 6205.
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