The Veteran's appeals for the reduction of his migraine headaches disability rating, reopening service connection claims for various conditions, and for service connection for certain lung issues have been withdrawn by his attorney.
The deciding factor: The appellant withdrew all his appeals through his authorized representative.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, lower right rib injury, residuals, right shoulder condition (now claimed as bilateral shoulder), spinal fusion, lumbar radiculopathy, arthritis, spondylolisthesis (claimed as lower back condition now claimed as spinal fusion L2 surgery residuals), upper back condition (now claimed as spinal fusion C1 injury surgery residuals), bilateral foot condition, bilateral hand condition, calcification of the lungs
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21064039
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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)
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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