The Board granted an effective date of April 18, 2019 for the grant of a 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches and denied entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the same condition from August 3, 2016 to April 17, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were found to be characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once a month prior to May 8, 2019, which did not warrant a higher rating. However, the evidence supports a finding of very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability as of April 18, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25013500
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