Partly granted
The appeal regarding an earlier effective date for the award of a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches was dismissed, while an effective date of December 22, 2023, and no earlier, was granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that res judicata barred re-adjudication of the claim during the period already considered by the Board in a previous decision, but granted an effective date based on the Veteran's reported increase in symptoms just over three weeks prior to the DBQ date.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102185
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