The Veteran's posttraumatic tension headaches were granted a 10% rating prior to November 19, 2012 and a 30% rating from that date until October 4, 2015. A more than 30% rating is denied.,The claim of entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disability is remanded for further adjudication.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's posttraumatic tension headaches were characterized by prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months, which warranted a 30% rating from November 19, 2012 to October 4, 2015. However, they did not meet the criteria for a more than 30% rating as they were not productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142328
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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