The VA denied an increased rating for post-traumatic headaches, currently rated as 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The veteran's headaches were not found to be prostrating or incapacitating enough to warrant a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0209790
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a VA Housebound and Aid and Attendance examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with TBI renders him permanently housebound.
- Granted
The Veteran's disability rating for post-traumatic headaches was reduced from 50 to 30 percent, but the Board found this reduction improper and restored the original 50 percent rating.
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