The Veteran's benign positional vertigo is manifested by dizziness, loss of balance, and unsteadiness or staggering. The Board has granted a disability rating of 30 percent for this condition.
The deciding factor: Objective findings supported the diagnosis of vestibular disequilibrium, warranting a higher disability rating than what was initially assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign Positional Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 21, 2012
- Citation
- 1228589
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current equilibrium disorder, including benign positional vertigo and orthostatic intolerance, is not related to service or his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected benign positional vertigo is currently rated as 10 percent disabling prior to June 9, 2012 and 10 percent from that date forward. The appeal for higher ratings remains pending.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for benign positional vertigo and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD coexisting with depressive disorder, NOS, associated with hiatal hernia.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have a chronic disability manifested by benign positional vertigo, and thus service connection is denied.
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