The Veteran's headache condition was granted a 30 percent rating effective January 17, 2006. The appeal for an earlier effective date than January 17, 2006 is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided credible lay evidence and medical records indicating his headaches were incapacitating and occurred on average once per month, which meets the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130785
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no current disability or sufficient evidence to support higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches, sleep apnea, and heart disability are related to service and have assigned a remand for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a headache disability as secondary to his service-connected hypertension or hypertension-related medication, finding that there was no evidence linking the headaches to his hypertension.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability, finding that there is no evidence of chronicity or continuity of symptomatology following service and concluding that his current headaches are less likely than not incurred in service.
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