Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for service-connected migraines effective August 13, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's migraine symptoms more nearly approximate the criteria for headaches with very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088207
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