The Board has granted a 50 percent evaluation for muscle tension headaches due to cervical spine disorder effective from September 28, 1995. The veteran's service-connected condition is currently rated as 30 percent disabling prior to that date.
The deciding factor: Private and VA medical evidence consistently demonstrated severe disability from frequent headaches starting in September 1995, which more closely approximated the criteria for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100 (migraines).
- Claimed conditions
- muscle tension headaches, cervical spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0215015
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for migraine and muscle tension headaches, including as secondary to bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, otitis media, and spine arthritis.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied the claims for an increased rating for the left shoulder disorder, service connection for a cervical spine disorder, service connection for a right arm disorder, and service connection for a left arm disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for right and left lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy as they were already granted. The claims for service connection for a right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right elbow disorder, left elbow disorder, and cervical spine disorder are remanded for further development.
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