The Veteran's PTSD, migraine headaches, and DM are all found to be secondary to service-connected PTSD. The Veteran is granted increased ratings for these conditions.
The deciding factor: PTSD, migraine headaches, and DM were determined to be at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), fracture of the fourth metatarsal, left, status post excision of Morton's neuroma, migraine headaches, diabetes mellitus (DM), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1015226
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What this means for you
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