The Board denied an initial compensable rating for migraines (also claimed as headaches) due to the lack of prostrating attacks, finding that the Veteran's symptomatology more nearly approximated a noncompensable disability rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any prostrating attacks of migraine headache pain, which is required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines (also claimed as headaches)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19110048
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for dermatophytosis (toenail fungus) was dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted in full. The issue of service connection for migraines is remanded for further review.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for neck condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, injury to head, migraines, and vision loss as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability related to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraines, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected chronic sinusitis. The appeal for tinnitus was dismissed due to untimeliness.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and bilateral hearing loss, while denying service connection for asthma, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, depressive disorder, GERD, migraines (also claimed as headaches), insomnia, left hip disability, right hip disability, and plantar fasciitis.
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