The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected migraine-type headaches do not meet or approximate the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, which is required for a higher rating under the applicable schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine-type headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0927580
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