The Board remands the claim for a vestibular condition, to include BPPV and Meniere's disease, as secondary to service-connected tinnitus due to inadequate VA opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided were found to be inadequate as they failed to address the Veteran's specific medical history and did not adequately discuss aggravation or the potential relationship between the vestibular disorders and a COVID-19 vaccination.
- Claimed conditions
- vestibular condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111102
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Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a vestibular condition, including persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) and unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction. The Board found that the Veteran had current diagnoses of these conditions and that they began during his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the claims for service connection related to various conditions should be remanded due to a failure by the AOJ to provide proper notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing on a supplemental claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to obtain additional evidence, including VA examinations, for a full and fair adjudication of the Veteran's claims.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of the claimed conditions and therefore, service connection cannot be established for any of these conditions.
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