The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for her headache condition and a TDIU from June 13, 2018, to June 12, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks of headache symptoms productive of severe economic inadaptability from at least as early as June 13, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- headache condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054354
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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- Denied
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- Denied
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