Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2016 for service connection for migraine headaches and traumatic brain injury (TBI), but denied an earlier effective date for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. The appeals for higher ratings were dismissed.
The deciding factor: The May 1997 clinical record was a pertinent federal record that was in existence at the time of the August 2017 Rating Decision but not associated with the claims file, leading to reconsideration and grant of service connection effective September 16, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020881
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