The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The claim for secondary service connection for an anxiety condition was remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a direct link between the Veteran's active-duty service and his migraine headaches, while it did not support a current disability of hearing loss or tinnitus that met VA criteria, nor a nexus to service for these conditions. The claim for secondary service connection required further development.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24068011
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- 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 Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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