The Veteran's initial compensable rating for migraine, including migraine variants, is granted at a 10 percent level from July 20, 2023 to May 31, 2024, and from October 1, 2024. A higher rating of 30 percent is also granted from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches met the criteria for a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 8100 due to characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months. A higher 30 percent rating was granted based on her reports of four prostrating (lying flat) headaches/migraines in September 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine, including migraine variants
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2026
- Citation
- A26037572
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