The Board granted a maximum rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine headache and remanded the claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine headaches were found to result in very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50 percent rating. The TDIU claim was remanded due to the lack of detailed information regarding the Veteran's employment history.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25047048
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's migraine headache disability is granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent.
- Granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 4, 2022, for service connection for a migraine headache disability.
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