The Board has determined that the effective dates for the grants of service connection and special monthly compensation are November 13, 2006, based on the date of receipt of the initial claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were received by VA on November 13, 2006, more than one year after separation from service. The effective dates for these awards are assigned based on this date as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- partial hysterectomy, hemorrhoids, right hip bursitis, bilateral elbow disorder, low back compression fracture, right knee meniscus tear, right shoulder rotator cuff, chronic bronchiectasis, interstitial cystitis, dequervain's tenosynovitis (bilateral wrists), migraine headaches, scar to the right shoulder, left upper eyelid ptosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1322314
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- 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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