The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) as it is a final decision and no further review is afforded.
The deciding factor: The September 2017 Board decision denying the increased rating claim became final on September 18, 2017, and the June 2018 non-adjudicative rating decision did not involve any questions of fact or law that could be appealed.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), balance problems
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20045961
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is related to active-duty service and granted. However, the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis for BPPV.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between his diagnosed conditions and his service-connected disabilities, as well as the potential impact of toxic exposure. The VA is required to obtain additional medical opinions on these issues.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding the effective date prior to March 28, 2022 for service connection of BPPV, an initial increased rating greater than 10 percent for BPPV, and a TDIU award for the period prior to March 23, 2012.
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