The Board has granted service connection and assigned a 10% evaluation for migraine headaches, effective August 18, 2002. The veteran's bilateral plantar fasciitis is rated as noncompensable, while allergic rhinitis is also rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months for migraine headaches, meeting criteria for a 10% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8100. The other conditions did not meet higher criteria for more severe evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar fasciitis, migraine headaches, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0625127
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