The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for left and right lumbar radiculopathy, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (vertigo), and diabetes mellitus type II due to inconsistencies in evidence and need for further development.
The deciding factor: There are inconsistencies in the Veteran's reported symptoms that affect the determination of whether he experienced severe economic inadaptability from his migraines. The Board found it debatable if these symptoms caused or were capable of producing severe economic inadaptability, leading to a remand on this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, left lumbar radiculopathy, right lumbar radiculopathy, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (vertigo), diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103661
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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