The Veteran's claims for service connection for weight gain, fatigue, vertigo, a back disability, a left wrist disability, a left hand/finger disability, and a right wrist disability have been denied.,Her claim for an increased rating for migraine headaches has been granted with a 50% evaluation effective May 19, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the presence of a current disability related to weight gain and there is no suggestion that it caused or aggravated another disability. The Veteran's weight gain is considered an intermediate step between her service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and a secondary disability, but obesity itself is not a compensable disability.,The Veteran experiences very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks of migraine headaches which are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- weight gain, fatigue, vertigo, back disability, left wrist disability, left hand/finger disability, right wrist disability, right hand/finger disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24079610
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