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.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran met the criteria for a 100 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6205 for his Meniere’s disease based on his symptoms of hearing impairment, tinnitus, and attacks of vertigo occurring more than once weekly.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere’s disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2020
- Citation
- A20017853
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a vestibular disorder, finding that there is no evidence of an in-service disease or injury and insufficient continuity of symptomatology to establish a current disability. The Board also found that the Veteran's current condition was not caused by his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
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