The Board has dismissed all issues related to the Veteran's appeal as they have been deemed untimely due to his withdrawal of claims. The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for memory difficulties, anxiety and depression with adjustment disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for TBI, right knee disability, PTSD, migraine headaches, bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, cervical strain, and memory difficulties, anxiety and depression with adjustment disorder. The claim for an earlier effective date was not granted as the decision granting service connection for memory difficulties became final one year after it was initially decided.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, cervical strain, memory difficulties, anxiety and depression with adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1738509
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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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