The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraine headaches and denied ratings in excess of 20 percent for RUE neuropathy with cubital tunnel syndrome of the right hand from September 20, 2023, to November 3, 2023, and status-post arthroscopy, with right shoulder labral repair. However, a rating of 20 percent, but no higher, for RUE neuropathy with cubital tunnel syndrome of the right hand between September 1, 2020, and April 27, 2021, was granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine headaches did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent. The RUE neuropathy with cubital tunnel syndrome of the right hand between September 1, 2020, and April 27, 2021, was granted due to moderate incomplete paralysis of the ulnar nerve, but no higher ratings were warranted for other periods.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, right shoulder scar, associated with status-post arthroscopy with right shoulder labral tear, right upper extremity (RUE) neuropathy with cubital tunnel syndrome of the right hand, status-post arthroscopy, with right shoulder labral repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25032579
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Decisions by this judge: 399 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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