The Veteran's claim for an increase in disability rating from 30 to 50 percent for migraine headaches is remanded due to the need for a retroactive medical opinion regarding the nature and severity of his headaches between November 9, 1983 and February 11, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a retroactive medical opinion as to the nature of the Veteran's headaches between November 9, 1983 and February 11, 2013 is necessary to determine if at any point during that period, his headaches manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21011243
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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