Documenting Your Migraines Carefully Is Essential for a Proper Rating When assessing your condition, the VA assigns one of four possible ratings to your headache based on their frequency and severity. A prostrating migraine means you experience extreme weakness and you must lie down for an extended period of time. When a VA ratings specialist examines your disability claim, he looks for evidence that your migraine is “prostrating”-a word used to characterize how serious your headache needs to be to be eligible for disability. Because headaches are difficult to assess because they’re not easily diagnosed like a cancer, high blood pressure, or an eye problem, the VA gives headaches four possible ratings to determine their seriousness and eligibility for compensation and benefits. In general, the VA rates migraines based on how often you experience them and their severity.
When filing a claim, you need to show that an event or incident took place during your service that caused your migraines that the migraines began while you were in service or were caused by another condition that is service related. Migraine headaches are recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a service connected disability if you can prove that your military service caused or aggravated your headaches.
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