The Board granted a 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo based on the Veteran's dizziness and occasional staggering.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of dizziness and occasional staggering were found to meet the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 6204.
- Claimed conditions
- benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25008876
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board finds that new and relevant evidence has been received sufficient to readjudicate the previously denied claim of service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and initial ratings of 30 percent for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, migraines, and hiatal hernia with slight reflux and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) effective September 5, 2018.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all of his pending appeals explicitly, unambiguously, and with a full understanding of the consequences thereof.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for obstructive sleep apnea, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and orthostatic hypotension to obtain new VA medical opinions addressing their relationship to service-connected PTSD.
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