The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by the VA examiner in December 2021 did not adequately account for the Veteran's lay report of vertigo starting after the accident and continuing to the present, making it inadequate. Additionally, an opinion regarding whether BPPV was caused or aggravated by service-connected conditions could not be provided without resorting to mere speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109748
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