The Veteran's service-connected headache disorder, including his symptoms of heat flashes and rapid heart rate, have not resulted in characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months. Therefore, he does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches are not manifested by characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness manifested by headaches, undiagnosed illness manifested by heat flashes, undiagnosed illness manifested by rapid heart rate
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1043281
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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