The Veteran's headaches are rated at 50% due to their severe impact on daily activities. Service connection for a psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder and nervous condition, is granted as new evidence has been submitted. Service connection for lumbar disc disease secondary to service-connected labyrinthitis is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches are rated at the maximum schedular rating due to their severe impact on daily activities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic recurring vascular headaches, deviated nasal septum (claimed as pain in the nose), psychiatric disability, lumbar disc disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1042234
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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