Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2024

The Board denied service connection for febrile malnutrition, headaches, a heart condition (chest pain), and vertigo as there is no current evidence of these conditions at any time during or proximate to the period on appeal.

The Veteran's TBI residuals of dizziness/vertigo and gait, coordination, and balance issues are rated at a 10 percent level due to mild interference with instrumental activities of daily living or work.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus aggravates his non-service-connected vertigo. The claims file will be returned for further examination and opinion.

The Board has dismissed all appeals for initial compensable ratings and service connection due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for TBI, vertigo, shoulder disabilities, elbow and wrist disabilities, hand disabilities, hip disability, ankle disabilities, and respiratory breathing problems have been denied. The claims for frontal sinusitis and rhinitis due to exposure during the Persian Gulf War are granted.,The Veteran is presumed to have been exposed to fine particulate matter during his service in Southwest Asia.

The Veteran's service-connected hearing impairment, including otosclerosis and BPPV with left ear hearing loss, is now rated at 100 percent effective March 14, 2024.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, residuals of traumatic brain injury, and vertigo have been dismissed.,Service connection has not been established for the claimed conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypertension, vertigo, multiple lipomas, chronic fatigue syndrome, and erectile dysfunction due to outstanding private treatment records and inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically failing to consider the Veteran's vertigo and dizziness complaints related to his right ear hearing loss.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations to determine the cause and severity of the Veteran's vertigo, diabetes, and pseudophakia.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his right vestibular unilateral weakness, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Veteran's benign paroxysmal positional vertigo associated with obstructive sleep apnea is rated at 30 percent, effective from the date of the initial award of service connection on June 5, 2017. Other issues remain pending for further review.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for vertigo and headaches as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for vertigo, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and hypogonadism due to TBI have been remanded by the Board.,The AOJ will consider any new evidence submitted after the September 2022 SOC during the remand process.

The Veteran is granted a 60 percent disability rating for Meniere's disease, effective from the date of this decision.