Vtomars

I'm 70% service connected for TBI and PTSD. I recently filed a claim for headaches as secondary and has a C&P exam last week. Upon reviewing my completed DBQ in Blue Button the VA examiner didn't check "prostrating" however he listed in the exam the intensity of my migraines and indicated that they force me to lie down in a dark room at least 10 times a month and last between 4 and 72 hours at a pain scale between 8/10 and 10/10. He so indicated that my Headaches are as likely as not caused by my PTSD and TBI and his rationale indicated that they are debilitating and require me to take off work 20 times in the last 3 months. By his definition my attacks are prostrating he just didn't check the box on the DBQ. What are the chances that the VA rater looks at his notes and decides that my headaches are prostrating even if the examiner didn't check the box? I don't want to deal with another appeal (I've been applealing tinnitus since 2016! DWIW I'm service connected for TBI and PTSD due to an IED attack but somehow my hearing loss wasn't service connected). I'm asking because I'll take the DBQ to my private physician and have her fill it out now so that I can submit to reopen my claim ASAP once it is completed.