The Veteran's post-concussive headaches are rated at 50 percent since January 31, 2013. The claim for a higher rating is granted prior to August 13, 2020 and denied from that date onwards.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged migraine attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting the maximum schedular 50 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-concussive headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25000970
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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