The petition to reopen the claims for service connection for Meniere's disease, migraine headaches, bilateral wrist disorder, low back disorder, right ear hearing loss, left knee disorder, and right knee disorder is granted.,Service connection is established for Meniere's disease and secondary service connection for migraine headaches are also granted.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted includes a private medical opinion that supports the Veteran's assertions of current disabilities related to his active duty. The opinion provides a clear, well-reasoned conclusion based on the Veteran's relevant medical history.,The August 2021 private medical opinion provided by an RN indicates that the Veteran's Meniere's disease is at least as likely as not caused by in-service acoustic trauma and that his headaches are more likely than not due to his service-connected Meniere's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease, migraine headaches, bilateral wrist disorder, low back disorder, right ear hearing loss, left knee disorder, right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22003657
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A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- 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.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease, to include benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), secondary to tinnitus and dismissed the claims for a left knee disability, right knee disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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