Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 11, 2019, for the assignment of a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected tension and migraine headaches but dismissed the motion to revise or reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a past rating decision.
The deciding factor: The increase in severity of the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches was factually ascertainable as of February 11, 2019, which is earlier than the assigned effective date of September 11, 2019. The CUE claim did not meet the legal or factual basis required for revision.
- Claimed conditions
- tension and migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020019
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