The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an increased rating of migraine headaches.,The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for infertility.,The Veteran's claim of service connection for dissociative identity disorder was dismissed as the claim has been granted and rendered moot.,The Veteran's claim of service connection for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures was dismissed as the claim has been granted and rendered moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not appeal the increased rating of migraine headaches properly with a VA Form 9.,The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for infertility during the hearing.,The claims for dissociative identity disorder were granted, making them moot on appeal.,The claims for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures were granted, making them moot on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, infertility, dissociative identity disorder, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2024
- Citation
- 24012939
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- 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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches with an initial rating of 50 percent effective from August 10, 2022, and denied the claims for service connection for a right knee disability, obstructive sleep apnea, kidney disability, low back disability, and erectile dysfunction.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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