Denied
The Board denied an initial rating for migraine headaches in excess of 50 percent and an effective date earlier than February 29, 2020, for service connection and an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: There is no suggestion of an exceptional or unusual disability picture to warrant a higher rating, and the evidence does not support an earlier effective date given that new relevant service records were received after the final denials in 2010 and 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020433
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