The Board has granted service connection for bowel impairment, bladder impairment, muscle atrophy, and chronic fatigue syndrome as secondary to the veteran's service-connected hydrocephalus. The initial evaluations assigned are 50 percent each.
The deciding factor: The veteran's headaches have been found to be very frequent and prostrating, warranting a 50% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- hydrocephalus, headaches, abdominal adhesions, bowel impairment (bowel disability), bladder impairment (bladder disability), muscle atrophy, chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2005
- Citation
- 0501976
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
The appeals for restoration of ratings and for a higher disability rating were dismissed as the April 2025 rating decision did not make final decisions on these issues.
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