The appeal as to the proposal to reduce the disability rating from 20 percent to 0 percent for right upper extremity radiculopathy (minor) is dismissed.,The appeal as to entitlement to an earlier effective date for an increased rating for service-connected migraine headaches is dismissed.,Entitlement to an effective date prior to June 12, 2018 for the assignment of a 30 percent disability rating for DDD of the cervical spine with IVDS is denied.,Entitlement to an effective date prior to January 2, 2018 for the grant of a TDIU is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran expressed that he wished to withdraw his appeal as to the proposal to reduce the disability rating from 20 percent to 0 percent for right upper extremity radiculopathy (minor).,No increased rating was assigned for migraine headaches during the period covered by this claim.,There was no increase in cervical spine disability within one year prior to June 12, 2018, and the Veteran's TDIU claim was received on that date.,The effective date of the TDIU grant is not earlier than January 2, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity radiculopathy, migraine headaches, DDD of the cervical spine with IVDS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2023
- Citation
- A23029515
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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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.
- 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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