The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals, status post epidural anesthetic (claimed as a neuro vestibular disturbance secondary to spinal tap), and granted service connection for interstitial cystitis with a 20% evaluation effective July 10, 2001. The veteran's migraine headaches were rated at 10%, and her bacterial vaginitis was rated at 10%. The Board denied the remaining claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support service connection for residuals of a spinal tap or microhematuria due to lack of medical documentation supporting such conditions. The veteran's migraine headaches were found to be productive of characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of more than once a month, warranting the 10% evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric enteritis, residuals, status post epidural anesthetic (claimed as a neuro vestibular disturbance secondary to spinal tap), interstitial cystitis, migraine headaches, bacterial vaginitis, microhematuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0603030
What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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