The Veteran's service-connected cephalgia, tension type headaches are currently rated at 50 percent and the claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports documented that the Veteran experiences very frequent completely prostrating attacks of severe economic adaptability due to his headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder (degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine), Cephalgia, tension type headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1009153
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to a lumbar spine disability. The claims for cephalgia, obstructive sleep apnea, and dermatosis were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 23, 2019, for the award of a 30 percent disability rating for migraine and tension type headaches.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for tension type headaches, a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, and service connection for left and right elbow conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected cephalgia is granted a rating of 30 percent, effective December 3, 2021. The condition results in one prostrating attack per month.
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