The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, an initial increased rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches, and an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for right ankle condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the record indicates that the Veteran's conditions manifest to characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine/ non-migraine headache pain once every month, and that the Veteran has very prostrating and prolonged attacks of migraine/non-migraine pain, productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with persistent depressive disorder and alcohol dependence due to military sexual trauma (MST), Migraine headaches, Status post surgical repair Achilles tendon tendinosis, anterior tibiofibular ligament and posterior tibiofibular ligament tears, right ankle joint effusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016619
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