The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches are granted a 50% evaluation, effective April 24, 2012. The issue of entitlement to TDIU is dismissed as moot due to the grant of a total schedular rating for PTSD and SMC.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s migraine headaches have been rated under Diagnostic Code 8100, with very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104557
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
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- Partly granted
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- 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.
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