The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted a 50 percent disability rating, and the effective date for her hemorrhoids is changed to December 30, 2022.

The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's migraines more closely approximated very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability. For the hemorrhoids, an earlier effective date was granted based on the August 2021 claim for a higher rating.

Claimed conditions

migraine headaches, hemorrhoids

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

50%

Decision date

October 9, 2025

Citation

A25087639

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