The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and pulmonary disability. The effective dates of these determinations are November 29, 1991. Service connection for migraines and chronic sinusitis have also been granted with effective dates of the same date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence supported reopening of claims for service connection for migraines and chronic sinusitis, which were previously denied in 1976 due to lack of residuals from service. The low back disability, bilateral radiculopathy, and pulmonary disability have been granted as they are directly related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, right eye condition, pulmonary disability, migraines, chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18155057
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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 has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition, including degenerative disc disease and scoliosis, due to lack of current disability evidence.
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