Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension and service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraines are due to his service-connected psychiatric disorder, specifically the medication he was prescribed during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101637
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