The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and an initial rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches, while denying service connection for a left knee disorder. The effective date for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence submitted after the final denial in November 1994, and the application received on March 12, 2021, which is considered the effective date for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, migraine headaches, lumbar spine disorder, left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24070610
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.
- 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.
- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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