Time machine backup not appearing in migration asst visible on time capsule

Due to a disk utility error I just completed a fresh install of 10.9.2 when I go to the migration assistant that mac doesn't appear as a source to restore all of my old files back again. However, when I manually open the time capsule I see the hard drive and can copy the user folder but that doesn't help with applications etc... Please advise how to make the time capsule restore my files?

Similar problem here under 10.5.8 (mac mini mid-2007 intel core 2 duo 2GHz, 4GB ram)
Only way to fix it is to restart the computer, it clears it for a while but it always come back within a couple of days or a week. It appears that in my case it does not happen every time time machine runs, but it happens quite frequently. The number of duplicate volumes is also random, most of the times I get 2 or 3 duplicates but I had up to 10 a couple of times. I assumed this might be due to 10.5 but the OP's case suggest it's a time machine problem independent of the OS version. Could it be related to the use of a time capsule? anyone with such problem using an extreme with an attached drive for TM backup?
It gets weirder once you consider that my wife iMac (latest i7) and kids MacBook pros (Dec 2009) (all under 10.6x) do not have the problem using the same time capsule. This would suggest it is caused by specific hardware combinations? (in my case time capsule with mac mini)

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