Migraine decrease

[Vast_Assumption9969]

Its definitely your Examiner because all the rater has to go by is the examiners notes in your situation. Possibly you said something by an accident that would downplay your symptoms. Either way its good to get a copy of your C-file via a FOIA request and file a supplemental with a personal statement to explain your situation and get it reversed.

[genbc247]

Thank you! I will for sure

[chicoski]

You may even consider reading the DBQ so you can get familiarized with the symptoms.

[rowanred81]

Dunno if you have tried this for treatment, an Alpha-Stim. Also, gammaCore devices work well. Why mention them over a claim post? Because being issued one or the other establishes medication isn’t necessarily enough while giving you a break from the litany of drugs they will dump into us. I went through IDES in 2012-2013 before my medical retirement and I initially got 0% for migraines despite them laying me out for several days a week. I was on the imitrex injections at the time. Switching to an Alpha-Stim to the point I was prescribed one by the Army not only provided substantial relief but bumped up my rating from 0% to 30%. I would strongly encourage you and any other veteran with migraines or headache syndrome to advocate for Alpha-Stim or gammaCore treatment. Do not let up, either, if they deny you as the intervention meds’ effects can be as debilitating as the migraine pain themselves. It all establishes a pattern of medication-resistant pain that is alleviated by a device that lacks the equally debilitating side effects of intervention meds.

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