The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a headache disability and sleep disability due to insufficient evidence linking these conditions to his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There was no sufficient evidence to establish a link between the veteran's claimed conditions and his military service, and he did not attend scheduled VA medical examinations without providing good cause.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disability (claimed as migraines), sleep disability (claimed as sleep disturbances)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018433
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Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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