The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic headache disorder (claimed as migraines) is related to his service and has granted this claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible the Veteran's lay statements regarding the onset of headaches during service and their continuity since then, despite a lack of contemporaneous medical records for such condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headache disorder (claimed as migraines)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1722835
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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