The Board granted an initial 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headache condition met the criteria for a 50 percent rating under DC 8100 as she experienced characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on an average of once a month over the last several months, with very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks capable of producing severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110488
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