The Board granted an initial evaluation of 50 percent, but no higher, for migraine headaches and remanded the other issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine headaches were found to be very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50 percent rating. The other issues were remanded due to duty to assist errors and unclear verification of periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25039191
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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