Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating higher than 50 percent for migraine headaches, as the Veteran is already receiving the maximum schedular rating and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 15, 2002.
The deciding factor: There are no additional symptoms beyond those compensated under DC 8100 that would warrant separate or secondary service connection for migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002903
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