The Board has ordered a remand to determine if the Veteran's peripheral vertigo is caused or aggravated by any service-connected disability, including medications used for treatment.
The deciding factor: An expert opinion is needed to assess whether the Veteran's peripheral vertigo was proximately caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities and/or medications.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vertigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000360
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease and peripheral vertigo, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate reasons and bases for its decision, including not addressing the use of permanent as the standard for aggravation in a June 2022 VA opinion, not addressing untranslated documents found in the record, and not giving a proper foundation for credibility findings. The Veteran's peripheral vertigo may be caused or aggravated by medication taken for service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring an addendum opinion from a VA doctor regarding whether the Veteran's conditions are related to the September 21, 2018, VA audiological evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral vertigo, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to military service or a service-connected disability.
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