The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of her migraine headaches, sciatica of the right and left lower extremities associated with her low back disability, and service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome were denied. The Veteran's claim for higher evaluations of her migraine headaches was granted up to a 30 percent evaluation effective May 27, 2011.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran had prostrating attacks of migraines once or more per month prior to May 27, 2011, and two or more times per month thereafter. The evaluations were denied as her headaches did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- right carpal tunnel syndrome, migraine headaches, status post discectomy, L5-S1 with history of traumatic arthritis, sciatica right lower extremity, sciatica left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1227813
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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