Prior to March 7, 2007, the veteran's migraine cephalgia was controlled with medication and not prostrating.,Since March 7, 2007, the veteran's migraine cephalgia is productive of prostrating headaches occurring on average three times a week.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine cephalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0738702
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a VA examination to assess the Veteran's migraine cephalgia. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
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