The Board denied service connection for a left wrist disorder, right wrist disorder, residuals of TBI, and lumbar radiculopathy of the left lower extremity. The Veteran was granted service connection for migraine headaches and peripheral vestibular disorder (claimed as vertigo).,Service connection was not established for any of the conditions due to lack of current disability evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no current diagnosis or treatment records supporting a current disability for left wrist, right wrist, lumbar radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and residuals of TBI. The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted service connection based on continuous post-service symptoms since service separation.
- Claimed conditions
- left wrist disorder, lumbar radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, migraine headaches, peripheral vestibular disorder (claimed as vertigo), residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), right wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109694
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left wrist disorders due to a duty to assist error in failing to provide notice of a hearing.
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