The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches, finding that they are a neurological effect of his service-connected cervical segmental joint dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s headaches were part of the neck pain sequela associated with his service-connected cervical spine disability and thus secondary to it.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches (claimed as migraines), cervical segmental joint dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102725
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for headaches and sinusitis due to an improper concurrent election of multiple review options. The claim for service connection for GERD was remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for headaches (claimed as migraines) to correct pre-decisional errors, including a lack of adequate medical opinion and consideration of pre-existing conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for headaches (claimed as migraines) because the Veteran does not have a qualifying current disability. The evidence indicates that the headache symptoms were a side effect of medication and not an independent disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for chronic bronchitis and headaches are remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. A new VA examination is needed to assess the severity of his conditions, including PFT results.
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