The Board granted an initial 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate very frequent completely prostrating attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran consistently reported having to lie down in a dark room/isolate from environmental stimuli during episodes and the November 2024 VA examiner indicated that the Veteran's headaches impact his ability to work in that he is limited in activities which require focus and concentration during headache episodes, and he requires occasional isolation from environmental stimuli during episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105560
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