The Veteran's migraine disorder is now service-connected and rated at 50% effective December 8, 2018. The claim for a higher rating remains pending.,Effective December 8, 2018, the Veteran was granted an initial disability rating of 50% for his migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's migraine disorder had been present prior to when he filed his claim and thus awarded a December 8, 2018 effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine Disorder, Bilateral Dry Eye Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24028079
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Denied
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.
- 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.
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