The veteran's undifferentiated somatoform disorder, anxiety attacks, and stress fracture of the right leg are rated at 10 percent each. The veteran is granted a rating in excess of zero percent for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms meet the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9423 for undifferentiated somatoform disorder, and a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Codes 5262 and 8100 for stress fracture of the right leg and migraine headaches respectively.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated somatoform disorder, status post appendectomy scar, stress fracture of the right leg, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0033980
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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