The Board granted earlier effective dates for the ratings of posttraumatic headache/migraines disorder, PTSD with dyssomnia, tic disorder, and residuals of TBI, and BPPV to April 12, 2017.
The deciding factor: Resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, it is at least as likely as not that the disability manifested in very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability throughout the appellate period.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic headache/migraines disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder with dyssomnia, tic disorder, and residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25042052
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Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for weight gain, sleep disorder, BPPV, and headache disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.,Specifically, a VA examiner is required to provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's BPPV and headache disorder are causally or etiologically related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in relying on an inadequate VA medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's BPPV and his service-connected tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection for BPPV, including a lack of medical opinions on causation and aggravation.
- Granted
The Veteran's BPPV is found to be secondary to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, and the claim for service connection for BPPV is granted.
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