The Veteran's PTSD with opioid use disorder is rated at 70 percent prior to January 10, 2020. The issue of service connection for positional vertigo is remanded.
The deciding factor: The March 2019 VA examiner did not consider the Veteran's exposure to environmental hazards during military service in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with opioid use disorder, Positional vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2024
- Citation
- A24021624
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for positional vertigo and denied service connection for prostatitis, sinusitis, and traumatic brain injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for consideration of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, including on an extraschedular basis. The original claim for a higher rating for positional vertigo remains denied as the Veteran is already in receipt of the maximum schedular rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased disability rating and TDIU are remanded due to the need for updated VA treatment records and a new VA examination.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for positional vertigo, finding that it is not related to his active service and does not meet the criteria for secondary service connection.
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