Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2002

The Board denied service connection for vertigo and did not assign an initial compensable evaluation for residuals of a fracture of the left orbit and maxillary bone. The veteran does not have these conditions, and his scars are not disfiguring or severely disfiguring.

The Board has granted a 30 percent disability rating for tinnitus with vertigo, effective as of the date of decision. Service connection for asthma was denied.

The veteran's right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo and LOC are not considered to be the result of his surgeries at a VA medical facility in 1994. The Board finds that these conditions existed prior to the surgeries.

The VA denied the veteran's request for payment or reimbursement of private medical care due to lack of authorization, and because the condition was not an emergency requiring immediate attention.

The Board has determined that the veteran's vertigo is linked to an in-service automobile accident and grants service connection for this condition.