The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of head injury with headaches do not warrant a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of dementia or migraine headaches, which would be necessary for a higher rating under Diagnostic Codes 8045 and 8100 respectively. The veteran's symptoms are adequately addressed by the current 10% rating assigned under Diagnostic Code 9304.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of head injury with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0830988
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