The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's tension and migraine headaches as secondary to his service-connected Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID). The initial rating of CVID is now set at 60 percent, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic headache disability is found to be caused by his ongoing treatment for his service-connected CVID, specifically the IVIg infusions administered as part of his CVID management. The Board determined that this secondary relationship warrants a higher initial rating than what was previously assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension and Migraine Headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0946583
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for PTSD and tension and migraine headaches, as well as her claim for a TDIU prior to June 4, 2018. The VA is directed to obtain relevant medical records and provide the Veteran with an opportunity for a retrospective VA medical opinion regarding her headache disability.
- Denied
The appeal for service connection of tension and migraine headaches is dismissed, while the appeal seeking a compensable initial rating for TBI from March 14, 2016 to May 8, 2018 remains denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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