The Board granted service connection for a headache disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with insomnia.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by Dr. C.C., which was based on a review of the Veteran's full file and relevant medical literature, established that it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current headache disorder was secondary to his service-connected PTSD with insomnia.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072165
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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