The Veteran's service-connected Meniere's syndrome was granted a 100 percent disability rating, and separate ratings for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were discontinued effective October 20, 2015. Additionally, special monthly compensation based on the statutory housebound rate was granted beginning July 9, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of vertigo occurring more than once weekly supported a higher rating under DC 6205, and the combined effect of his service-connected conditions warranted a 100 percent rating. The separate ratings for hearing loss and tinnitus were discontinued as they were subsumed by the Meniere's syndrome rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 17, 2024
- Citation
- 24002395
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for Meniere's syndrome based on the Veteran's symptoms of dizziness and staggering.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for Meniere's syndrome with tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate hearing impairment with attacks of vertigo and cerebellar gait occurring more than once weekly.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected Meniere's syndrome with vertigo, hearing impairment, and tinnitus was granted a 100 percent rating effective March 1, 2017.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal as there was no final decision on the Veteran's claim for service connection for Meniere's syndrome.
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