The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches and a psychiatric disability, to include bipolar disorder, as there is no evidence of such conditions within one year of separation from active service, and VA medical opinions have found no link between these disabilities and service.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no etiological relationship between the Veteran's current migraine headache and psychiatric disabilities (bipolar disorder) and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headache, psychiatric disability (bipolar disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2015
- Citation
- 1504422
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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