The Board dismissed the appeal of the June 2001 denial of an increased rating for migraine headaches due to untimely filing of a substantive appeal. The TDIU claim was also denied as the veteran's combined evaluation did not meet the schedular requirements, and no extraschedular consideration is warranted.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to file a timely substantive appeal regarding his June 2001 denial of an increased rating for migraine headaches, which resulted in the dismissal of this issue. The TDIU claim was denied as the veteran's combined evaluation did not meet the schedular requirements and no extraschedular consideration is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, hypertension, mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0406607
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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