The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches, claimed as secondary to his service-connected Meniere's disease is granted. The matter of an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran had a relationship between his migraine headaches and his service-connected Meniere's disease, leading to a decision in favor of granting service connection for migraines as secondary to Meniere's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine headaches, Meniere's disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18131557
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- Dismissed
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