The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for vestibular migraines, finding that his current condition is related to in-service anthrax vaccinations.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's vestibular migraines and his in-service anthrax vaccinations, which were administered during National Guard service. The Board found this sufficient to establish service connection without needing to determine when the migraine headaches first began.
- Claimed conditions
- vestibular migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20051540
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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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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for vestibular migraines and a 30 percent rating for right carpal tunnel syndrome, but denied a compensable rating for rhinitis.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected vestibular migraines, as the evidence supports occasional dizziness but not occasional staggering.
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