The Board has determined that the Veteran's headache disorder, which is aggravated by his service-connected fibromyalgia, is related to active duty service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical records support that the Veteran’s headaches are at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his fibromyalgia, and the VA examiner's opinion has only some probative value.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache disorder, Fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066222
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
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- Denied
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- Denied
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