VA - (7 Mos. Post-Separation) | |||||||
Code | Rating | Condition | Code | Rating | Exam | ||
Chronic Daily Headaches…compounded by a Mood Disorder | 8100 | 0% | Migraine Headaches | 8100 | 30% | 20070509 | |
Panic Disorder and Depressive Disorder | 9412 | 30% | 20070509 | ||||
PTSD | Not Unfitting | PTSD | Not Service Connected | 20070509 | |||
Other x 11 | |||||||
Combined: 70% |
VASRD CODE | RATING | ||
Chronic Headaches | 8100 | 10% | |
Mood Disorder Due to General Medical Condition | Not Unfitting | ||
10% |
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 | CY2013 | PD-2013-02696
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of theVASRD standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. The Board gives consideration to VA evidence, particularly within 12 months of separation, but only to the extent that it reasonably reflects the severity of the disability at the time of separation. The commander’s statement dated 30 October 2007,7 months before...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 01059
The headache condition, characterized as “chronic refractory migraine;” the neck condition, characterized as “cervicalgia;”and two other conditions (“imbalance secondary to cervicalgia” and “mild right cubital tunnel syndrome”) were forwarded to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) as failing retention standards.No other conditions were forwarded by the MEB.The PEB adjudicated “chronic neck pain” and “chronic headaches, occurring daily, non-prostrating”as unfitting, rated 10% and 0%...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD 2013 00419
The Board carefully considered the frequency and nature of the CI’s headaches including objective evidence and corroborating subjective evidence.For TDRL entry rating, both the Service and VA ratings were 30% using the criteria from disability code 8100. The CI was using a Proventil inhaler and had normal lung radiographs.At the VA C&P exam, approximately 3 months after TDRL entry, the CI claimed heart murmur, dyspnea, pulmonary edema and bronchitis was not comprehensively evaluated as the...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 00687
The examiner opined that increasing the current prophylactic medicationwould result in better control, but was wary to do so as CI was attempting pregnancy at time and that medicine might be unsafe.New prophylactic and abortive medications were begun.On 16 December 2002, the CI noted her headaches to be improved on medication.There are no further entries in the treatment record until 6 February 2003,2 months prior to the narrative summary(NARSUM) and 6 months prior to separation, when the CI...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01780
Migraine Headache Condition. The CI reported feeling isolated and more depressed during her deployment. RECOMMENDATION : The Board, therefore, recommends that there be no re-characterization of the CI’s disability and separation determination.
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00449
The Board’s assessment of the PEB rating determinations is confined to review of medical records and all available evidence for application of the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) standards to the unfitting medical condition at the time of separation. The examiner concluded the CI “…cannot the rigors of soldiering.” [ sic ]In a chiropractic visit on 29 December 2005, the LBP was described as “intermittent”; and on 24 January 2006 the CI reported “some LBP with...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD-2013-01176
The CI appealed to the Formal PEB (FPEB) which adjudicated chronic LBP and headaches as unfitting, rated 20% and 0% respectfully; applying the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) to the LBP condition and Department of Defense Instruction(DoDI) 1332.39 to the headache condition. The examiner noted a normal spine examination at that time and included “chronic LBP” in the diagnoses. A neurology addendum to the MEB NARSUM (1.5 months prior to separation) stated that the...
AF | PDBR | CY2014 | PD-2014-00654
At TDRL placement, the PEB adjudicated the CI’s headache condition at 10% coded 8045-9304 (brain disease due to trauma, purely subjective).The PEB documented that the CI’s headaches required him to go home from work twice a week, but that he was still able to work 30 hours a week.The VA rated the condition of chronic headaches, coded 8100 (migraine). The FPEB, under code 6081, rated the condition at 10%, and noted the condition was stable but prevented the return to active duty.The Board...
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...