The Veteran's headaches do not result in significant impairment on employment or frequent hospitalization, and therefore a disability rating in excess of 50 percent is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headache symptoms are adequately addressed by the current 50% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 8100, which considers very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness manifested by headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1020738
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals of a rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD and service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by headaches have been dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeals prior to the Board's decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further development, including additional VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a higher initial disability rating of 50 percent for the service-connected headache disability from September 15, 2007, finding that it more nearly approximated very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's headache disability is rated at 30 percent from September 4, 2009. The Board denied a higher rating for the period before September 4, 2009.
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