The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at a maximum of 50 percent, and his major depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent. The Veteran also meets the criteria for TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s migraines meet the criteria for a 50% rating under DC 8100 due to their severity and frequency of attacks, while his major depressive disorder meets the criteria for a 70% rating under DC 9434 due to its impact on work and social functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, acquired psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- A19001834
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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