The Veteran is granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to his service-connected depressive disorder. His claim for a sleep disability and rating for depression are both denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnoses of migraine headaches, depressive disorder, and hypertension were established during the appeal period. The VA examiner provided an opinion linking the Veteran's migraines to his service-connected depressive disorder. However, there was no evidence supporting a separate diagnosis or disability for sleep problems, and the Veteran did not provide sufficient medical expertise to support such a claim.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, sleep disability, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1820290
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What this means for you
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