The Veteran's migraines with tension headaches are found to have started during his service, and the Board granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served in combat and reported experiencing explosive trauma while deployed. His private physician provided a medical opinion linking his current migraines to his deployment experiences.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines with tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2020
- Citation
- A20018690
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