The Board granted a 10 percent rating for tension and migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months, which met the criteria for a 10 percent rating under DC 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- tension and migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25015279
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the appeals for neck strain, asthma, and tension and migraine headaches as they have been withdrawn by the Veteran. The claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is remanded due to a need for a VA medical examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and TDIU have been dismissed as the appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected tension and migraine headaches were denied a compensable evaluation as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the past several months.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 15, 2022 for a 50 percent rating for tension and migraine headaches.
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