The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of migraine headaches was denied.,The Veteran's claims for increased ratings in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches prior to August 31, 2020, and after that date were also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish an earlier effective date for service connection due to the lack of a formal or informal claim before August 24, 2017.,For the period prior to August 31, 2020, the Veteran's migraine headaches were rated at 30 percent based on characteristic prostrating attacks occurring once per month. For the period after that date, they were rated at 50 percent due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24079122
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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