Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's post-traumatic headache disability, an effective date of May 9, 2012, and no earlier, for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches were found to be very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability from May 9, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic headache disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25099810
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