The veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are shown to have resulted in a marked interference with employment, so as to render impractical the application of regular schedular standards. The Board has determined that an initial 60 percent extraschedular rating is warranted for the period from January 25, 2002, to the present.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have resulted in marked interference with employment, as evidenced by his need for vocational rehabilitation training and his account of being discharged from previous employment due to his headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0615237
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