The Veteran's migraine headache disability is granted a maximum 50 percent rating due to very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has experienced more than one completely prostrating headache per month, which meets the criteria for a 50 percent disability rating under DC 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headache disability, adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25005765
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for a procedural defect related to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a migraine headache disability, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension associated with herbicide exposure was denied, as was the request for an earlier effective date.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of adjustment disorder with anxiety.
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