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Veterans Court weighs in on VA Ratings for Migraines

In November 2020, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals Veterans Claims issued a precedential opinion in Holmes v. Wilkie. In it, the Court laid out a road map for Veterans trying to get the correct VA rating for migraines. In this video,… Read More
February 12th, 2021
Contributor: Chris ("Chrys") Attig
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: 2020 Panel, migraines, rating, successive rating criteria

Episode 004: CAVC Oral Argument - Johnson v. Wilkie, #16-3808 (April 24, 2018) Successive Rating Criteria for Migraines)

General Preview of the Case: This is a complex case involving the complex issue of “successive rating criteria”, with a lot of regulatory interpretation and factual application issues at play. There is one, and possibly more, diagnostic c… Read More
April 24th, 2018
Contributor: Chris ("Chrys") Attig
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: 38 CFR 4.21, 38 CFR 4.3, 38 CFR 4.7, Camacho v. Nicholson 21 Vet.App. 360 (2007), Chief Judge Robert N. Davis, DC 8100, migraines, NVLSP, Paul Sorisio, Pierce v. Principi 18 Vet.App. 440 (2004), Raymond J. Kim, Roanoke VA VARO, Sarah E. Wolf, successive rating criteria, Tatum v. Shinseki 23 Vet. App. 152 (2009)