The Board granted an effective date of March 18, 2023, for the award of a 50 percent disability rating for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence that the Veteran's migraine symptoms most nearly approximate very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability throughout the applicable appeal period on review is in approximate balance. After affording the benefit of the doubt, the Board finds that throughout the applicable appellant period on review the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated the criteria for a 50 percent disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107056
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