The veteran's service connection claims for impaired vision, hearing loss, asthma, and headaches have been granted. The initial rating of 30 percent for service-connected headaches has also been granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran currently experiences migraine headaches secondary to head trauma, which resulted in very frequent, completely prostrating, and prolonged attacks since October 22, 2001. The VA examiner concluded this warranted a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- Impaired Vision (Myopic Astigmatism), Hearing Loss, Asthma, Gastrointestinal Disorder (Ulcers), Headaches (Migraine)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 17, 2005
- Citation
- 0513227
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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.
What you can do next
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