The Board granted service connection for left knee disability, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diabetes mellitus, type II, and tinnitus. The claims for depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in relative equipoise regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions, leading to a grant of service connection with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran. For the psychiatric disorders, further examination is needed due to lack of an etiology opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diabetes mellitus, type II (DMII), tinnitus, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046163
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- 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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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