The Veteran's migraine headache condition was found to have started during service and has continued since then, meeting the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches were noted in service records and continue to this day without a post-service cause being suggested.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headache condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196491
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headache condition is considered service-connected as it began during his military service and has persisted since then.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and a migraine headache condition, finding that there was no evidence to support these conditions were related to her military service.
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