The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for tension headaches, effective June 14, 2022, and service connection for a bilateral eye disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's tension headaches were found to be manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability. The onset of the bilateral eye disability was determined to have occurred during active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches, bilateral eye disability (pseudophakia)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25035724
What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tension headaches, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and a bilateral hearing loss disability. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's headache disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches, alternatively diagnosed as migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a retrospective medical assessment regarding the severity of the Veteran's headaches without medication to determine if an earlier effective date for a 50 percent disability rating is warranted.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches, as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.
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