The Veteran withdrew her claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss during a Travel Board hearing. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records, schedule the Veteran for a VA spine examination, and issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case on the claim for an initial compensable evaluation for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding service connection for bilateral hearing loss during her Travel Board hearing. The case is being remanded to address outstanding issues related to degenerative disc disease and migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, degenerative disc disease to include radiating pain into upper extremities (claimed as due to a head and neck injury), migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1008432
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including bilateral hearing loss and various musculoskeletal issues, as well as an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for rhinitis. However, the Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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