The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 30 percent rating effective July 3, 2018. The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 50 percent rating from August 3, 2016 and denied for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent from August 17, 2015. A compensable rating (10%) is granted for TBI.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraines meet the criteria for a 30% rating as they have characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over several months. The PTSD and TBI ratings are based on their respective service-connected conditions without additional presumptions or theories of connection.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19153263
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to incomplete medical records and insufficient opinions regarding the relationship between service, including a stick injury in England, and current left eye disability (including amblyopia and cataracts) as well as migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are productive of very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability. The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected migraine headaches was granted with an effective date of February 28, 2023.
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