The Board has granted a maximum 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches and has also granted entitlement to Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU). The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his service connection claims for an eye disorder, pancreatitis, colon cancer, a skin disorder, residuals of thyroidectomy, kidney disorder, and left testicle seminoma during the hearing. His migraine headaches are characterized by frequent prolonged prostrating attacks causing severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines, eye disorder, pancreatitis, colon cancer, skin disorder, residuals of thyroidectomy, kidney disorder, left testicle seminoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 17, 2017
- Citation
- 1733538
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for low back disorder, skin disorder, tongue condition, right chest costochondritis, and right hand shaking due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asthma, COPD, pancreatitis, stroke, and left arm weakness (claimed as secondary to stroke) based on the presumption of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or due to in-service exposure.
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