The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's headaches/migraines, finding that his symptoms more nearly approximate very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that despite medication, the Veteran experienced on average three times weekly debilitating migraines with light and sound sensitivity, leading to significant functional impairment including work absences.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches/migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038536
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches/migraines, to include as secondary to post-traumatic stress disorder with insomnia (claimed as sleep disturbances), chronic sinusitis (maxillary and frontal), tinnitus and allergic rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for headaches/migraines to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hip condition, headaches/migraines, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but denied service connection for a left knee condition. The issues of service connection for cervical strain, bilateral foot condition, rating in excess of 30 percent for generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for headaches/migraines and service connection for shin splints.
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