The Veteran's service-connected tension headaches with migraines are manifested by prostrating attacks that occurred approximately 2 to 7 times per month, lasted approximately 6 hours or more, and were capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board grants a 50 percent rating for the period from November 4, 2010 to January 12, 2016.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports very frequent, completely prostrating, and prolonged attacks during this time, which are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension headaches with migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1721471
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