The Board granted service connection for migraines as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence, including a detailed report from a board-certified nurse practitioner, supported a bidirectional relationship between migraines, tinnitus, and anxiety, with the provider concluding that the Veteran's migraines were more likely than not proximately due to his service-connected conditions. The benefit-of-the-doubt rule was applied in resolving conflicting medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096702
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