Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for migraine headaches was granted, while the evaluations for spine and right lower extremity disabilities were denied or maintained.
The deciding factor: Migraine headaches were found to be aggravated by her service-connected anxiety and irritable bowel syndrome disabilities; however, the spine disability did not meet criteria for a higher evaluation, and the right lower extremity disability was evaluated as appropriate.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, disc desiccation and shallow disc bulge or protrusion centrally at L5-SI with an indention on the epidural fat with degenerative disc disease and intervertebral disc syndrome (spine disability), right lower extremity peripheral radiculopathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105363
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