Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected tension headaches and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected tension headaches were found to more nearly approximate prostrating attacks occurring once a month over several months, which does not meet the criteria for a higher 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25002194
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