The Veteran's service connection claim for a gastrointestinal disability (IBS) is granted. The Board finds that the Veteran's migraine headaches began in service and are related to her current condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection established based on onset during service and continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability (IBS), skin disability (cysts on back)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1760171
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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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