The Board granted an increased disability rating of 50 percent for the appellant's service-connected migraine headache disability from October 17, 2009, through November 22, 2021.
The deciding factor: The appellant's migraine headaches were found to be very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged, productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral knee pain, Migraine headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25002651
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Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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