Granted
The Veteran's headaches were granted a 100 percent rating on an extraschedular basis as of July 31, 2009, and SMC based on housebound status was granted as of March 7, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headache symptoms included severe economic inadaptability, memory loss, visual or spatial orientation impairment, and subjective symptoms that moderately interfered with work and daily activities, warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25004120
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