The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) as secondary to service-connected tinnitus and/or traumatic brain injury due to a prior November 2019 rating decision that granted this issue. The other claims of service connection were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board lacks jurisdiction over the BPPV claim because it has been rendered moot by virtue of the AOJ's award of service connection in the previous November 2019 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), fungus ball-aspergilloma (claimed as lung condition), rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23046589
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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