The Board has granted an initial 10 percent rating for post-concussive headaches, finding that the veteran's symptoms are purely subjective and do not meet criteria for a higher rating based on migraines or neurological deficits.
The deciding factor: The veteran's post-concussive headaches manifest in purely subjective symptoms without objective evidence of significant neurological deficit or migraines with characteristic prostrating attacks.
- Claimed conditions
- post-concussive headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0805402
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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.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for post-concussive headaches, but remanded the other issues.
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