The veteran's tension headaches are rated at 50 percent, effective from the date of his claim. The initial evaluations for COPD remain unchanged.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated very frequent and prolonged prostrating attacks with severe economic inadaptability due to chronic migraines.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension Headaches, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0609894
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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