Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for headaches but granted an effective date of May 5, 2023, for service connection for headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months to warrant a compensable rating; however, the Veteran continuously pursued his claim since May 5, 2023, which established an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099546
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