The Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic migraine headaches are not shown to be productive of characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one episode in 2 months over the last several months, thus failing to meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.,The Veteran's PTSD with sleep disorder is manifested by symptoms that include sleep impairment, irritability, and anxiety; however, they do not result in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas as required for a rating in excess of 50 percent.
The deciding factor: There are no documented characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine or non-migraine headache pain.,The Veteran's PTSD symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 9411, as they do not result in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Migraine Headaches, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Sleep Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1645803
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