The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for migraine headaches, bilateral cholesteatoma with hearing loss, and TDIU due to inadequate factual basis in previous opinions. The Veteran needs a VA examination to address whether his migraine headaches are related to service or aggravated by his depressive disorder, and to assess the severity of his bilateral cholesteatoma with hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous opinions were based on inaccurate factual information and thus need to be reconsidered with new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, bilateral cholesteatoma with hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19194816
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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
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- 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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