The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 11, 2020 for the 50 percent evaluation of migraine headaches and service connection for sleep apnea syndromes as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder, mandible fracture residuals, and migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to his service-connected conditions based on medical evidence and opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, sleep apnea syndromes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065990
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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