The Board has decided to remand the claim for a new examination and opinion due to inadequate previous examinations, and will consider whether Meniere’s disease is related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner must reconcile conflicting evidence and opinions in determining if Meniere’s disease began 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
- March 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21015528
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Meniere’s disease, finding that the Veteran's current condition did not manifest during service and is not related to his service-connected left ear hearing loss. Service connection was also denied for ear infections.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Meniere’s disease, finding that it did not onset during his service or within a year of his discharge and is not shown to be otherwise related to his service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequacy with the new opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's vertigo and dizziness. The matter is being returned for an addendum opinion from the same clinician who provided a previous opinion, addressing both the Veteran’s reports and in-service letters as pieces of evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the issues of appendix removal, gall bladder removal, vision disorder, body sweats, hearing loss, Meniere’s disease, tinnitus, colon cancer (also claimed as partial colon/intestinal removal), testicular cancer and removal, Barrett's esophagus, right foot peripheral neuropathy, left foot peripheral neuropathy, right hand peripheral neuropathy, left hand peripheral neuropathy, chronic fatigue syndrome, right knee disability, left knee disability, hepatitis C, malaise, neck surgery broken vertebra, sleep apnea, irritable bowel syndrome, subcutaneous cell carcinoma, and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been withdrawn. The remaining issues of service connection for hearing loss, Meniere’s disease, and tinnitus are REMANDED.
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