The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 14, 2022, for the grant of a 30 percent rating for service-connected migraine with migraine variants was granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that since April 14, 2022, the Veteran has continuously pursued his claim and that entitlement to a 30 percent rating arose prior to this date based on the severity of his symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine with migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037387
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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