The Board has determined that the Veteran's current positional vertigo is unrelated to his military service, including a single episode of dizziness during service. Therefore, the claim for service connection for positional vertigo is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no causal link between the Veteran's current positional vertigo and his in-service episode of severe dizziness with vomiting, which occurred over 30 years ago.
- Claimed conditions
- Positional Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2015
- Citation
- 1527975
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has vacated its June 30, 2015 decision denying service connection for positional vertigo due to the submission of new evidence. The July 2011 VA examination concluded that the current positional vertigo is unrelated to the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's positional vertigo was not incurred in active service and could not be caused or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Partly granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is related to his in-service experiences and grants service connection for this condition. The issue of whether positional vertigo is secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss remains under further review.
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