Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to January 25, 2024, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran experienced very frequent, completely prostrating, and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability prior to January 25, 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094373
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