Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent from May 15, 2024, for migraine headaches as the Veteran is already receiving the maximum schedular rating and referral for extraschedular consideration was not warranted.
The deciding factor: The claim was denied because the Veteran's migraine headache symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 8100, which only allows a maximum of 50 percent based on very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105256
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