The Board has granted service connection for chronic migraines, finding that the Veteran's headaches began during his military service and have continued since then. The decision is based on the Veteran's credible lay statements of symptoms from active duty.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's credible lay statements of migraine headaches beginning during active service to be sufficient evidence for granting service connection, despite a VA examiner's opinion that there was no causal relationship between his MVA and migraines.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20071720
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Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted service connection for tinnitus, but denied for bilateral hearing loss, PFB, PTSD, and chronic migraines.,Service connection for tinnitus is established as the onset of symptoms occurred during active service.
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