Granted
The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine, including migraine variants, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating under DC 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099683
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