Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for depression but granted an initial 50 percent rating for a headache disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches were found to be productive of severe economic inadaptability, warranting the maximum 50 percent rating under DC 8100. However, there was no evidence of a current psychiatric diagnosis conforming to DSM-5 criteria, leading to the denial of service connection for depression.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106508
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