Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected tension headaches due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged headache attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged headache attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting a 50 percent rating under DC 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097065
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