The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on onset during service and persistence since service.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, finding that his chronic headaches had onset in service and have persisted since service due to Gulf War Syndrome (undiagnosed illness) per the presumptions published in Gulf War.Winter 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054604
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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- Partly granted
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