The Board granted service connection for chronic migraines but denied service connection for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran had RLE radiculopathy, while his chronic migraines manifested within one year of separation from service and were not attributable to intercurrent causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic migraines, Radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (RLE) to include as secondary to service-connected radiculopathy of the left upper extremity (LUE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012201
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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