The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have been granted a 50% disability rating, effective throughout the appeal period.,The issue of entitlement to TDIU is remanded due to missing SSA records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s migraine headaches resulted in very frequent and prolonged attacks that were productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Migraine Headaches"}, {"condition_name":"Polyarthralgia involving the right elbow (right elbow disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Polyarthralgia involving the left wrist and fingers (left wrist disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Polyarthralgia involving the left knee (left knee disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Polyarthralgia involving the right knee (right knee disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Polyarthralgia involving the left ankle (left ankle disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Polyarthralgia involving the right ankle (right ankle disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Tendinitis of the left elbow"}, {"condition_name":"Tendinitis of the left index finger limitation of motion"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188906
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What this means for you
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