The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to his service-connected allergic rhinitis is granted. The effective date of the award of a 30 percent rating for allergic rhinitis is set at September 23, 2008. However, an earlier effective date is not warranted due to the lack of factual ascertainability of polyps prior to this date. The claim for a compensable rating for residuals of nasal injury with scarring remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be proximately due to his service-connected allergic rhinitis, and he is granted service connection on a secondary basis. The effective date of the award of a 30 percent rating for allergic rhinitis is set at September 23, 2008, as this was the date of claim for an increased rating. However, due to the lack of factual ascertainability of polyps prior to this date, an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1048433
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