The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 70 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision. The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent rating, also effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners consistently found that the Veteran’s PTSD resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9411. The migraine headaches were rated at 50 percent based on very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), degenerative right wrist with tendonitis, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, left knee patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176182
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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