The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches with migraine variant are granted as secondary to his vision impairment, which is not due to refractive error. An initial compensable rating for the Veteran's migraines remains denied.
The deciding factor: Secondary service connection was established for the portion of the Veteran's vision impairment that is not due to refractive errors caused by his migraine headaches with migraine variant.
- Claimed conditions
- Vision Impairment
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22046284
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