Vertigo & vestibular disorders decisions — 2024

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and service connection for brain tumor, diagnosed as vestibular schwannoma/acoustic neuroma.

The Board granted service connection for acute right ankle strain, left ankle strain, left knee strain, and neck strain but denied service connection for right hand thumb pain and a vestibular condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of Meniere's disease to correct a duty to assist error.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for peripheral vestibular disorder and denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to concerns about the credibility of the Veteran's statements regarding when his Meniere's syndrome began during service. The Veteran will be given an opportunity to provide evidence supporting his claims and a new VA examination will be scheduled.

The Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease, finding no current disability of Meniere's disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Meniere's disease as there is no current diagnosis of this condition in her medical records.

The Veteran's tinnitus, headaches, vertigo, and anxiety are all granted service connection. However, the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including scars, lumbar spine disability, left knee and right knee disabilities, left ankle and right ankle disabilities, and peripheral vestibular disorder have all been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of in-service injury or disease leading to these conditions.

The Veteran's Meniere's syndrome, which encompasses hearing impairment, tinnitus, and vertigo, is now rated at 100 percent from December 9, 2020. Additionally, SMC based on the statutory housebound rate is granted beginning December 9, 2020.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to a withdrawal by the appellant's authorized representative.

The Veteran's service connection claims for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and bilateral hand disability, manifesting as bilateral hand pain, have been granted. The claim of service connection for hepatitis is being remanded.,Service connection has been established for BPPV and bilateral hand disability, manifesting as bilateral hand pain, based on credible lay evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and records. The issues of TBI, psychiatric disability, sleep impairment, headache, vestibular disorder, shoulder disabilities, knee, ankle, foot, and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy will be reconsidered.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for Meniere's syndrome, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence to support a claim.

The Veteran's right ear vestibular disorder, manifested in staggering and dizziness, was directly related to military service. The Veteran did not have a current diagnosis for the left ear condition within close proximity to the January 2023 date of claim. The Veteran's heart condition did not incur during active service, was not caused by active service, and did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of separation from active service.