The Board remands the claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious features, and unspecified depressive disorder, as further development is necessary.

The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA examiner's opinions are inadequate due to failure to provide a direct service connection opinion for BPPV. For the acquired psychiatric disability, the opinions provided by the November 2020 and January 2023 examiners were found to be inadequate.

Claimed conditions

benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious features, and unspecified depressive disorder

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

March 5, 2025

Citation

A25020420

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