The Board has granted an initial 30 percent evaluation for the Veteran's posttraumatic headaches throughout the appeal period, finding that his symptoms are more closely approximating characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over several months.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s headaches were productive of characteristic prostrating attacks approximately once a month and did not meet the criteria for severe economic inadaptability, thus warranting a 30 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143055
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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