The Board granted service connection for a migraine headache disorder, finding it to be a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness of unknown etiology incurred during the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the approximate balance of evidence indicating that the disability is a chronic multi-symptom illness of unknown etiology, and the Veteran served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24067678
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for migraine headache disorder due to a predecisional duty to assist error, requiring a new medical opinion on whether the Veteran's tinnitus aggravates his migraines.
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