The Veteran's claims for migraine headaches, dry eye syndrome, dry skin and shaving bumps, right hip and thigh disability, left hip and thigh disability, and ED have been denied. The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy of the LLE affecting the sciatic nerve, radiculopathy of the RLE affecting the sciatic nerve, asthma, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood), service connection for IBS/GERD, and service connection for allergic rhinitis.,The Veteran's claims for migraine headaches, dry eye syndrome, dry skin and shaving bumps, right hip and thigh disability, left hip and thigh disability, and ED have been denied. The Board has also remanded the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy of the LLE affecting the sciatic nerve, radiculopathy of the RLE affecting the sciatic nerve, asthma, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood), service connection for IBS/GERD, and service connection for allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran has current diagnoses of migraine headaches, dry eye syndrome, dry skin and shaving bumps, right hip and thigh disability, left hip and thigh disability, or ED. The Board has remanded these issues due to insufficient evidence.,The evidence does not show that the Veteran's ED began during active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease. The Board has also remanded this issue due to insufficient evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, dry eye syndrome, dry skin and shaving bumps, right hip and thigh disability, left hip and thigh disability, erectile dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24050332
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- 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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal of entitlement to service connection for dry eye syndrome claimed as visual impairment, including blurry vision, blindness, double vision due to procedural error. The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea was denied because there is no evidence of a current diagnosis of sleep apnea.
- 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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