The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, and migraine headaches have been granted. The right ankle disability claim has been dismissed, as the Veteran withdrew it from appeal. The acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD claim has also been dismissed. For the entire appeal period, a 50% rating is assigned for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's current hearing loss and tinnitus were related to his military service due to noise exposure during combat and in-service work environments.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, right ankle disability, acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD (dismissed), migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19128240
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- 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.
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