The Veteran's initial migraine headaches claim was granted with a noncompensable rating from August 10, 2012, and increased to 30 percent from August 3, 2016, and to 50 percent on October 27, 2017.,The Veteran's asthma claim is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: For migraine headaches, the evidence showed that the Veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks of headache pain more than once per month from August 3, 2016, and very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability on or after October 27, 2017.,For asthma, the evidence was insufficient to determine whether the Veteran's disability clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service. The examiner should provide an opinion as to whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's asthma was caused by a disease or injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, asthma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19123685
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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