The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of Meniere’s disease and whether it is related to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Insufficient opinions were provided by VA examiners regarding the relationship between Meniere’s disease and service-connected hearing loss or tinnitus, as well as its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19164657
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's Meniere’s disease is rated at 100 percent, the highest possible rating, due to symptoms including hearing impairment with tinnitus and attacks of vertigo occurring more than once a week.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and Meniere’s disease, to include vertigo, have been granted. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and OCD, has been dismissed as the issue is moot due to a previous grant of service connection in May 2013. The claim for service connection for chronic renal disease, to include hypertensive chronic kidney disease and stage 3 chronic kidney disease, has also been granted but is now moot.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted, and his meralgia paresthetica of the right thigh was restored to a 10% rating. The remaining issues were remanded.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by or contributed to by service-connected Meniere’s disease, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
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