The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 15, 2022 for a 50 percent rating for tension and migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of record indicating that the Veteran's disability had worsened to the point where a higher rating was warranted prior to his May 2022 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tension and migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029299
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for tension and migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a more adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's headaches, to include as secondary to PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a more adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's headaches, to include as secondary to PTSD.
- 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.
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