The Board granted service connection for GERD, IBS, and migraine headaches, as well as a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's mental health disability.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 private examiner provided positive nexus opinions relating each condition to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified insomnia disorder, which were deemed more probative than the negative VA examiner opinions due to their consideration of all pertinent evidence and supporting data.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025513
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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- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pernicious anemia, and the Board dismissed both appeals.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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