Citation Nr: 18157169 Decision Date: 12/13/18 Archive Date: 12/11/18 DOCKET NO. 10-09 968 DATE: December 13, 2018 ORDER A rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches since June 4, 2010, is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran had active service from December 1992 to April 1993, and from October 2001 to November 2009, he has been 100 percent disabled since 2009. 2. During the entire period on appeal, the Veteran has received the maximum schedular rating authorized for headaches under Diagnostic Code (DC) 8100. CONCLUSION OF LAW The criteria for a rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches since June 4, 2010, have not been met. 38 U.S.C. §§ 1155, 5103(a), 5103A, 5107 (2012); 38 C.F.R. §§ 4.3, 4.7, 4.124a, DC 8100 (2017). REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION Disability evaluations are determined by the application of a schedule of ratings which is based on average impairment of earning capacity. Generally, the degrees of disability specified are considered adequate to compensate for considerable loss of working time from exacerbations or illnesses proportionate to the severity of the several grades of disability. 38 C.F.R. § 4.1. Separate diagnostic codes identify the various disabilities. 38 U.S.C. § 1155; 38 C.F.R. Part 4. The Veteran’s migraines have been rated under DC 8100 which provides a 50 percent rating for very frequent, completely prostrating headaches with prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability. He has been awarded a 50 percent rating for the entire appeal period which represents the maximum schedular rating available. Therefore, there is no higher schedular rating available regardless of the level of symptomatology and the appeal is denied. Finally, the Veteran has not raised any other issues, nor have any other issues been reasonably raised by the record, for the Board’s consideration. See Doucette v. Shulkin, 28 Vet. App. 366, 369-370 (2017) (confirming that the Board is not required to address issues unless they are specifically raised by the claimant or reasonably raised by the evidence of record). L. HOWELL Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD M. Yacoub, Associate Counsel