The Board granted a maximum 50 percent schedular rating for the Veteran's tension headache disability, finding that his very frequent and completely prostrating attacks were productive of severe economic inadaptability.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be at least in equipoise that the Veteran's tension headaches met the criteria for a maximum 50 percent schedular rating under Diagnostic Code 8100, which requires very frequent and completely prostrating attacks.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26012319
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