The Veteran's headaches are rated at 50% since February 2, 2016. He is also granted TDIU effective from February 2, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported severe and frequent headaches that were productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162734
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a headache disability and an initial rating of 10 percent for TBI residuals. The headaches are considered directly related to the Veteran's in-service head injury, while the TBI residuals warrant a 10 percent rating.
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