The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are currently evaluated at 50 percent, but the Board has remanded to consider an extraschedular evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraines have been rated based on their severity and frequency as contemplated by the applicable schedular rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, Degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis of the cervical spine (neck), Osteoarthritis of the bilateral hips
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2013
- Citation
- 1334364
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