VA - (11 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Migraine Headaches | 8100 | 0% | Migraine Headaches | 8100 | 30% | 20050301 | |
Other x 0 | |||||||
Combined: 30% |
VASRD CODE | RATING | ||
Chronic Migraine Headaches | 8100 | 1 0% | |
1 0% |
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01873
Migraine Headaches Condition . There is documentation that the CI had migraines prior to entry into the service; however they worsened during his service time. Physical Disability Board of Review
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01011
The PEB adjudicated “posttraumatic headaches” as unfitting, rated 10%, citing criteria of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). The CI was evaluated by a civilian neurologist who noted that neurosurgery was not indicated for the Arnold-Chiari defect and further opined that the mild posttraumatic headaches were not unusual following accidents.The MEB narrative summary exam completed approximately 9 monthsprior to separation documented chronic daily posttraumatic...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 02066
The PEB adjudicated “chronic migraine headaches” as unfitting, rated 0%with likely application of DoDI 1332.39 and the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The remaining conditions were determined to be not unfitting and therefore not ratable. Remote VA rating dated September 2013 indicated an increased the migraine rating to 30% effective July 2012 (more than 5 years after separation).The Board directs attention to its rating recommendation based on the above evidence. BOARD...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00750
The CI was medically separated with a 0% disability rating. The CI failed to report for his VA exam on 20040729 and based upon service treatment record, the VA determined migraine headaches had existed prior to service and was not aggravated by service. In February 2004, the PEB determined that “chronic daily migraine headaches requiring dark room and quiet, one to two times a week but “not affecting daily activities” was not considered prostrating and a 0% rating was applied.
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01533
The Informal PEB adjudicated “TBI with residual neck pain and headaches;” “low back pain (LBP);” and “left knee pain with degenerative joint disease (DJD),” as unfitting, rated at 10%, 10%, and 0% respectively, with application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). The Board could not find evidence in the commander’s statement or elsewhere in the treatment record that documented any significant interference of the neck pain condition with the performance of...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01510
The mixed chronic daily headaches and superimposed migraine condition, characterized as “headaches” was the only condition forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501.The Informal PEB adjudicated “mixed chronic daily headaches and superimposed migraine”as unfitting, rated 0%citing criteria of VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD).The CI made no appeals and was medically separated. The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 01020
The chest painand headache conditions, characterized as “chronic costochondritis” and “migraines with aura,” were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) IAW AR 40-501.No other conditions were submitted by the MEB.The PEB adjudicated “chronic costochondritis and migraine headaches”as unfitting, rated 10% and 0%,referencing the US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA) pain policy for chronic costochondritis and DoDI 1332.39 for migraine headaches.The CI made no appealsand was...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00171
The MEB forwarded no other conditions for Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudication. Migraine Headache Condition . The CI appealed and the VA Decision Review Officer (DRO) increase this to a 10% rating based VA treatment reports from August 2004 through 2005 which documented on numerous and repeated occasions of treatment for migraines to include injections.
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-01099
The Board majority therefore recommends a disability rating of 10% for the headache condition coded 8199-8100 IAW VASRD §4.124a. RECOMMENDATION: The Board recommends that the CI’s prior determination be modified as follows; and, that the discharge with severance pay be recharacterized to reflect permanent disability retirement, effective as of the date of her prior medical separation: 8199-8100 COMBINED 20% 10% 30% UNFITTING CONDITION Hypertension, with Diastolic Pressure Predominantly 110...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD 2012 01595
After due deliberation, considering all of the evidence and mindful of VASRD §4.3 (reasonable doubt), the Board recommends no change in the rating for placement onto TDRL, however for the permanent rating recommends separate disability ratings of 10% for the migraine headache condition and 10% for the atypical facial pain condition. The Board unanimously recommends to decouple the migraine headache condition from the atypical facial pain condition and further unanimously recommends separate...