The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent throughout the claim period.,Service connection is granted for a neck disability, chronic bronchitis, prostate cancer, right and left knee disabilities, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.,Entitlement to service connection for GERD is remanded due to lack of VA medical records prior to 2010 and private medical records prior to 2005.,The Veteran's groin disability claim is remanded as the May 2012 VA examination was inadequate.
The deciding factor: There is evidence of very frequent and prolonged attacks of migraine headaches, causing severe economic inadaptability.,Both a current neck disability and chronic bronchitis are found to have onset during service. The Veteran's prostate cancer is linked to his in-service prostatitis. Right and left knee disabilities are related to in-service injuries.,The Veteran has not provided sufficient evidence of current GERD, as there are no VA medical records prior to 2010 and private medical records prior to 2005.,The May 2012 VA examination was inadequate due to lack of a diagnosis or opinion regarding the groin disability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, neck disability, chronic bronchitis, prostate cancer, right knee disability, left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183854
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- 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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