The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to a failure to submit a completed VA Form 21-526 within one year of her intent to file, despite receiving multiple notices and opportunities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not timely submit a completed VA Form 21-526 within the required one-year period following her initial intent to file, resulting in an effective date being set at May 23, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia with fatigue, residuals, thyroidectomy with hypothyroidism and hair thinning, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (femoral), right shoulder strain, chronic left wrist sprain, menorrhagia, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, chronic sinusitis, lumbosacral strain, residual scar of throat secondary to thyroidectomy, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (sciatic), bilateral plantar fasciitis, residual scar secondary to thyroidectomy, chronic urinary tract infections with voiding dysfunction, migraine headaches, acne, left shoulder strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24068033
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome as there is no evidence of a current disability in the record.
- Whole decision: 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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