The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and denied a compensable rating for tinea corporis, service connection for right ear hearing loss was granted, while dizziness, right elbow condition, and hernia condition were denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine headaches occur two or three times a month and last for two days, which more closely approximate the criteria for a 50 percent rating. The tinea corporis is manifested by hypopigmented macular rash on the chest that impacts less than five percent of his total body area.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, tinea corporis, right ear hearing loss, dizziness, right elbow condition, hernia condition, including inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25005858
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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