The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a traumatic brain injury, including migraine headaches and memory loss, are currently rated at 30 percent. The Veteran is granted a separate 10 percent rating for his memory loss but the claim for an increased rating for his migraines remains denied.
The deciding factor: The August 2009 VA examination did not find objective evidence of severe economic inadaptability due to prostrating attacks, thus preventing a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 8100. The Veteran's memory loss is separately rated as it has been diagnosed and does not overlap with the migraines.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Migraine Headaches, Memory Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1030000
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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