The Veteran's claim for service connection for vascular headaches has been granted. The issue of service connection for a seizure disability is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing migraine headache disability clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service, but was aggravated by the Veteran's exposure to environmental triggers during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Vascular Headaches, Seizure Disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- A20016766
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 17, 2018, for the establishment of service connection for PTSD and a 100 percent rating from July 19, 2019, due to the severity of symptoms.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection of vascular headaches, back disability, and bilateral plantar fasciitis have been remanded due to insufficient evidence. The current rating decisions do not address the assigned ratings or effective dates.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for vascular headaches was denied as there were no characteristic prostrating attacks averaging 1 in 2 months over any several months during the appeal period.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected vascular headaches did not manifest as characteristic prostrating attacks, and thus a compensable evaluation is denied.
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