The Veteran's chronic headaches have been rated at 50 percent, the maximum allowed under VA guidelines. The rating is based on very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that cause severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced nearly daily headaches lasting from one hour to more than a full day, which were described as 'prostrating' by him, meeting the criteria for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19174519
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