The Veteran's chronic tension headaches have been granted a 50% rating effective October 30, 2014. Prior to this date, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s depressive disorder was found to be secondary to his service-connected thoracolumbar strain and bilateral knee tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic tension headaches, Left knee tendonitis, Right knee tendonitis, Thoracolumbar strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19113434
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