The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for tension headaches, finding that the Veteran's headaches are productive of disability commensurate with characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the Veteran does not have prostrating attacks as defined by regulation, his frequent headaches are productive of disability commensurate to such attacks, warranting a 10 percent rating under DC 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24062319
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches, alternatively diagnosed as migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a retrospective medical assessment regarding the severity of the Veteran's headaches without medication to determine if an earlier effective date for a 50 percent disability rating is warranted.
- Denied
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