The Board denied a compensable initial disability rating for migraine disorder prior to August 10, 2016 due to the lack of ascertainable evidence of characteristic prostrating attacks.
The deciding factor: There was no ascertainable evidence showing that the Veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the previous several months prior to the August 10, 2016 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054838
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's migraine disorder is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, the highest schedular rating available under DC 8100. The Board has granted a higher disability rating for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims are being remanded for a new examination with a neurologist to evaluate his TBI, psychiatric, and migraine disability symptoms. The earlier effective date and increased rating claims are also being remanded as they are inextricably intertwined with the TBI claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's migraine disorder is not entitled to a compensable evaluation prior to March 22, 2019 and is only rated at 30 percent thereafter. The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis remains rated at 40 percent.,The Veteran's service-connected conditions are being remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury and Migraine Disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to active duty service.
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