The Board has granted service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) as secondary to service-connected migraines headaches. The Veteran's residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are rated at 70 percent from January 12, 2016.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a favorable nexus opinion linking the BPPV to the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23059565
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches, a 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), and a 10 percent rating for tinnitus. The right hip strain claim was remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and Meniere's syndrome, as well as entitlement to a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU), due to an insufficient medical opinion regarding aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of traumatic brain injury and migraine headaches due to the Veteran not reporting for scheduled VA examinations, which were deemed necessary to assess the severity of these disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.
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