The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested withdrawal of his appeal before the Board could make a decision.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches with visual aura
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22013809
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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 case due to insufficient reasons and bases for denying a rating in excess of 10 percent for migraine headaches with visual aura, specifically regarding the frequency of characteristic prostrating attacks. The Veteran's representative contends that a higher disability rating is warranted or that he should be afforded a new VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches with visual aura are currently assigned a noncompensable disability rating. The Board has granted a 10 percent rating, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches with visual aura were rated at 50 percent effective April 8, 2013. Prior to that date, the rating was noncompensable.
- Denied
The Veteran's migraine headaches with visual aura did not have onset during active service, were not etiologically related to or caused by service, and were not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
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