The Board has determined that the veteran's current manifestations of his service-connected neurotic skeletal disorder are very frequent migraine headaches, which are completely prostrating in nature and recurrent to a degree that they are productive of severe economic inadaptability. Therefore, an increased rating to 50 percent for the veteran's neurotic skeletal disorder is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows no current psychiatric impairment attributable to a neurotic skeletal disorder. The only identified residual of his service-connected disability is a migraine syndrome, which meets the criteria for a 50% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8100 (neurological disabilities).
- Claimed conditions
- neurotic skeletal disorder, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0201515
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- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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