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
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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