The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraines, to include as secondary to PTSD, and for insomnia. The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of migraines or insomnia separate from her service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that there is no link between the Veteran’s migraines and service, nor was there any aggravation by her service-connected PTSD. For insomnia, the VA examiner found no current disability manifested by insomnia and concluded it was not related to her service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20081536
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