The Board finds that the veteran's chronic cluster headaches are related to his service and grants entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The veteran's headaches were found to be a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness, which is a qualifying condition for VA compensation under certain provisions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cluster headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0709549
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting decisions and motions from the Court. The Veteran's sole service-connected disability is chronic cluster headaches, which does not meet the criteria for schedular TDIU consideration. However, the Board finds that his headaches may have prevented him from being capable of obtaining or maintaining a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected chronic cluster headaches are manifested by mild to severe headaches lasting for under one hour. Although frequent, the headaches do not meet the criteria for a higher rating as they are not completely prostrating and prolonged or productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic cluster headaches are currently rated at 50% effective from February 3, 2017. The Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted prior to this date and grants the increased rating claim. For TDIU, the Veteran has provided evidence of his disability preventing him from working since July 2009, which is within one year of his initial claim. Therefore, the effective date for TDIU is also granted as November 2010.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected chronic cluster headaches prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a TDIU.
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