The Veteran's service-connected headaches of an unspecified nature and seasonal allergic rhinitis are granted with initial evaluations of 30% prior to January 26, 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran’s headaches were productive of characteristic prostrating attacks occurring once per week without economic inadaptability from October 1, 2010, to January 25, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches of an unspecified nature, Seasonal allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20032579
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