The Veteran's appeal for higher evaluations and SMC at the housebound rate prior to December 14, 2019 and since July 1, 2020 is dismissed.,The Veteran's TIA from July 1, 2020 to the present is no more than 10 percent disabling.,The Veteran's tension headaches including photophobia are granted a 30 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: There were no ascertainable residuals of the vascular condition for TIA under Diagnostic Code 8007, and the clinical evidence did not support higher evaluations based on residual symptoms.,The Veteran's subjective reports of frequency, severity, and duration of his headaches provided persuasive evidence to evaluate his symptomatology. The VA examiner found no characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine or non-migraine headache pain at a July 2020 VA examination.,The Veteran's tension headaches including photophobia were characterized by severe economic inadaptability as evidenced by the need for calm and relaxing places, requiring meditation, and sometimes not resolving even after sleeping for hours.
- Claimed conditions
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Migraines, Tension Headaches, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2022
- Citation
- A22022577
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