The Board has granted a maximum 50 percent rating for mixed tension/migraine headaches, which is the highest schedular rating available. As a result, the appeal is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was granted with the maximum schedular rating, making the appeal moot.
- Claimed conditions
- mixed tension/migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24037413
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for mixed tension/migraine headaches was granted with an initial rating of 10 percent effective March 18, 2013. The claims for other conditions were also granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for mixed tension/migraine headaches was denied in April 2001. The appeal to reopen the claim and grant service connection was received on August 21, 2009, and an effective date of August 21, 2009, was assigned.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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