The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, while denying earlier effective dates and increased ratings for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraines were found to be characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average once a month over the last several months, which aligns with a 30 percent rating. However, there was no evidence of very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability to warrant a higher 50 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, left ankle sprain, lumbar strain with scoliosis, left knee tendonitis, right knee tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25057522
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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- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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