The Board restored the Veteran's 50 percent disability rating for migraines, effective May 30, 2023.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to demonstrate actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004869
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Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU based on migraine disability alone is granted, and he has a single disability rated at 100 percent. He also has other service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more, qualifying him for SMC(s) at the housebound level.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a migraine disability and a right shoulder disability, both secondary to pre-existing disabilities. The evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the service-connected cervical strain or left shoulder strain.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's request to appeal a proposal to reduce his disability rating for migraine disability as it was premature due to the submission of a VA Form 10182 seeking to appeal before the reduction took place.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of a migraine disability, including as due to a service-connected anxiety disability.
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