The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 16, 2001 for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches was denied.,The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for PID, currently rated as 10 percent disabling, was not granted earlier than May 29, 2001.
The deciding factor: The effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches cannot be prior to July 16, 2001 because that is when the veteran's application to reopen her claim was received.,The earliest date on which it was factually ascertainable that the veteran's PID had increased in severity was in July 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 5, 2004
- Citation
- 0427483
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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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