The VA has granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected aseptic meningitis, which is characterized by severe headache and other symptoms that recur approximately three to four times per year.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the veteran's recurrent aseptic meningitis, with associated headaches, falls within the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8100 (Migraine) due to its impact on industrial adaptability and economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- aseptic meningitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0205984
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and a 20 percent rating for a left knee disability, while denying service connection for aseptic meningitis and back disability, and denying an increased rating for the left ankle disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has vacated the initial ratings for aseptic meningitis and persistent depression with insomnia disorder, as well as the denial of SMC based on housebound status. These decisions are due to an administrative error in the original November 9, 2020 decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including new examinations to assess the Veteran's service-connected aseptic meningitis and mood disorder disabilities. The special monthly compensation claim is also being remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's Bell’s palsy is granted, and the Board has remanded for further development regarding other service-connected claims.
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