The Veteran's claims for various conditions are being remanded due to the need for further development and evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence to establish a current disability for some of the claimed conditions, and thus denied those claims. The remaining issues have been identified as needing additional information or examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, edema of the bilateral lower extremities, insomnia, migraine headaches, low back disability, sciatica of the left leg, carpal tunnel syndrome, pes planus, Achilles tendonitis, obstructive sleep apnea, head injury, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21002546
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for fibromyalgia and Gulf War unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, bronchus, as well as an extension of the temporary 100 percent disability evaluation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for scarring, right orchiopexy and remanded the claim of asbestos exposure residuals. Other claims for service connection were denied.
- 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.
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