The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50% rating, effective May 16, 2015. The Board also found that the Veteran is now in receipt of a combined 100% rating for her service-connected disabilities prior to April 5, 2016, making TDIU moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated as 50%, which meets the criteria for a 50% rating under Diagnostic Code 8100. The combined 100% rating for her service-connected disabilities prior to April 5, 2016, makes TDIU moot.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22003607
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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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)
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.
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