The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be secondary to his service-connected unspecified mood disorder and/or degenerative disc disease of the spine. The right Achilles tendonitis is remanded for further development, including obtaining opinions on whether it is related to active service or secondary to other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is necessary due to conflicting medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right Achilles tendonitis and migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, right Achilles tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21040381
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- 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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