The veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent, and he is granted service connection for tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The veteran experiences very frequent, completely prostrating attacks of migraine headaches that are productive of severe economic inadaptability. Tinnitus was incurred during active duty due to noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine headaches, Degenerative changes of the lumbar spine, Degenerative changes of the cervical spine, Tinnitus, Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0904773
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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