The Veteran's mixed headaches are rated at 30 percent, but the Board has granted a 50 percent rating based on very frequent prostrating and prolonged attacks that cause severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran had characteristic prostrating attacks of headache pain more than once per month, which impacted his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- Mixed Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20061306
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's mixed headaches with vascular and muscle contraction components are rated at a 50 percent disability rating from June 20, 2012 through August 20, 2013 due to frequent completely prostrating attacks that result in severe economic inadaptability.
- Denied
The Veteran's mixed headaches have been rated at 30 percent since April 10, 2014. The Board found that the evidence did not show very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Denied
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