The veteran has been employed full-time since October 1993 and has overcome a previous employment handicap. Therefore, she is not eligible for the program of rehabilitation services under Chapter 31.
The deciding factor: The veteran's successful employment demonstrates that she no longer has an employment handicap.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic migraine headaches, residuals of a skin graft from the left thigh to the right thigh, circulatory condition involving the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2001
- Citation
- 0111932
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of March 27, 2019 for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder, tinnitus, and chronic migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial claim for service connection for chronic migraine headaches was denied in October 2021. He filed an intent to file on July 20, 2023, and completed his formal application within one year of that date. The Board has granted service connection for chronic migraine headaches with a disability rating of 30 percent effective from July 20, 2023.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active service. The evidence shows a history of chronic headaches since 2013 during service and a VA physician provided an opinion supporting this relationship.,Service connection was also granted for low back pain with degenerative arthritis. The Board found that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service, noting consistent reports of back pain starting shortly after separation from active duty.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for chronic migraine headaches, effective from September 19, 2019. The Veteran's migraines are characterized by very frequent and prolonged attacks that cause severe economic inadaptability.
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