The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, finding that the Veteran had a current condition in service and continuous symptoms since service separation. The appeal is based on the presumption of continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The Board found evidence of migraine headaches in service and continuous symptoms since service separation, meeting the requirements for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).
- Claimed conditions
- migraine-headaches
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24080975
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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.
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