The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a low back disability due to new evidence submitted. The claims for service connection of left and right ankle disabilities, as well as left and right knee disabilities, are denied. A rating in excess of 10 percent for migraine headaches is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran presented credible evidence of current diagnoses and symptoms related to her claimed conditions but the medical evidence did not establish a current disability or functional impairment sufficient to warrant service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127993
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.
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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