The Board has granted an initial rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected tension headaches, effective from February 11, 2013. The decision found that his tension headaches occur frequently with photophobia, phonophobia, and nausea but do not more nearly approximate migraines with characteristic prostrating attacks.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that the Veteran's tension headaches did not result in characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine/non-migraine headache pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19145710
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for readjudication due to new and relevant evidence being submitted since the previous denial.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for essential left-hand tremors, essential right-hand tremors, restless left leg syndrome, restless right leg syndrome, and tension headaches as further development is needed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded several claims for further development and readjudication, including service connection for OSA and hypertension, as well as increased ratings for right wrist sprain, MDD, tension headaches, and other musculoskeletal conditions.
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