The Board found that the Veteran's benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to be related to active duty, nor is it proximately due to or the result of service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that BPPV was less than likely caused or aggravated by his bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1037036
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) as there is no credible evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and a causal relationship between the current disability and an in-service disease or injury.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an ear disability, diagnosed as otitis media, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), and mastoiditis, but denied service connection for a psychiatric disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a neck disability and a back disability, but denied service connection for BPPV. The right lumbar radiculopathy was also granted as secondary to the back disability.
- Partly granted
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.
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