The Board granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for migraine headaches with photophobia, finding that the Veteran's condition met the criteria for this rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found characteristic prostrating attacks of headache pain occurring at least once a month, warranting a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches with photophobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045811
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,963 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the service-connected migraine headaches with photophobia, finding that the veteran's symptoms are productive of very frequent and severe attacks, including prolonged episodes of superimposed cramping pain.
- Whole decision: Denied
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