The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine the current severity of service-connected labyrinthitis, the nature and etiology of any headache disability, including residuals of a head injury such as traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic headaches, and whether TDIU should be granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional evidence is needed to fully assess the Veteran's conditions and determine their impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- labyrinthitis, headaches (including migraine headaches and residuals of traumatic brain injury)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143173
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for right ear hearing loss. The Veteran's essential tremor, labyrinthitis, and Meniere's disease were granted service connection as secondary to her service-connected TBI.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a 30 percent disability rating for his service-connected labyrinthitis, effective from July 9, 2024. The condition manifests in dizziness and occasional staggering.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, labyrinthitis, right leg shin splints, and left thumb disability. The Veteran was also granted an initial 70 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder.
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