Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for service-connected migraines with post-traumatic headaches and denied higher ratings for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's subjective symptoms of TBI, including headaches, vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus, were already contemplated by his separate ratings. The evidence did not support a rating higher than 40 percent for TBI or earlier effective dates for the ratings assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury (TBI), migraines with post-traumatic headaches, vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086816
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