The veteran's service-connected post-traumatic muscle tension headaches are currently rated at 30 percent, effective September 9, 1997. The headaches do not cause complete prostrating attacks or severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's headaches are manifested by very frequent but non-prostrating and non-severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic muscle tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0842030
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