Granted
The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for occipital headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability, meeting the criteria for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100.
- Claimed conditions
- occipital headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091072
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