Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating increase for migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not show the condition met the criteria for this rating before December 14, 2021.
The deciding factor: The medical and lay evidence did not establish that the veteran's headache disorder manifested very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability prior to December 14, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine, including migraine variants including tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003920
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