The veteran's post-traumatic headaches are rated at 30 percent, effective August 8, 1995. Service connection for a lumbar spine disability and tingling and numbness of the legs is granted. The veteran's cervical spine disability remains service-connected with a 60 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's post-traumatic headaches are rated at 30 percent based on their severity, which does not exceed that of migraine with characteristic prostrating attacks occurring once a month over the last several months. Service connection for a lumbar spine disability and tingling and numbness of the legs is granted as they are proximately due to or the result of the service-connected cervical spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine disability, Lumbar spine disability, Post-traumatic headaches, Tingling and numbness of the legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0301772
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- Denied
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- Denied
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