The Board granted a rating of 30 percent for migraines including migraine variants and denied ratings more than 10 percent for left lateral epicondylitis, GERD, and service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were productive of considerable impairment of health, but not severe enough to warrant a higher rating. The evidence did not support the reopening or readjudication of the PTSD claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left lateral epicondylitis (impairment of supination and/or pronation of the forearm), left lateral epicondylitis (dominant) (limitation of flexion of the forearm), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), migraines including migraine variants, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lumbar disc disease status-post L4-5 discectomy and status-post lumbar fusion/instrumentation, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, radiculopathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097266
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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