The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's migraine headache disability and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, anxiety, and PTSD.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported that the Veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine headache pain more frequently than once per month and that her psychiatric symptoms had their onset in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, anxiety, and PTSD, Migraine headache disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25055042
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,948 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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