The Board denied service connection for vertigo and remanded the claim for a psychiatric disability to include insomnia, PTSD, and anxiety due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was persuasive against the claim as it concluded that the Veteran's vertigo was less likely than not caused by active service or toxic exposure risk activities. For the psychiatric claims, the May 2024 VA examination report did not meet the DSM-5 criteria for PTSD and thus a remand is required to obtain an adequate opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- vertigo, psychiatric disability to include insomnia, PTSD, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103524
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