Granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches effective November 30, 2022, due to the Veteran experiencing completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's frequent migraines were found to be productive of severe economic inadaptability as contemplated by Diagnostic Code 8100 for the entirety of the claim period.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011482
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