The Board has determined that the Veteran's former position as a computer programmer with an Associate degree education level is no longer suitable due to excessive absences from work and school caused by service-connected migraine headaches. The decision grants reentrance into the VR&E program.
The deciding factor: The prolonged disability due to service-connected migraine headaches resulted in excessive absences, making the former position unsuitable for employment.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, migraine headaches, general anxiety disorder, right lower extremity radiculopathy, cervical strain, tinnitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), unstable surgical scar of the low back, a tender surgical scar of the low back, right plantar fasciitis with calcaneal spurs, left plantar fasciitis with calcaneal spurs, left ear sensorineural hearing loss, status post septoplasty, right forearm scar, low back surgical scar, osteomyelitis associated with the microdiskectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18160030
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- 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.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The issues of foot disability and cardiovascular disorder are remanded for additional development.
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