The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's post-traumatic headaches, which are currently rated as 30 percent disabling. The veteran meets the criteria for this higher rating due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's headaches cause very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, meeting the criteria for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic headaches, syncope
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0104352
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