The Veteran's initial claim for a compensable rating prior to December 24, 2009 was denied. From December 24, 2009, his claim for an increased rating was granted with assignment of a 30% disability rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's headaches were not prostrating prior to December 24, 2009 and assigned him a noncompensable rating. From December 24, 2009, he was diagnosed with migraine headaches and assigned a 30% disability rating based on characteristic attacks occurring once per month.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1025710
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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