The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected migraines, and a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches from April 3, 2023.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided positive 'but for' causation given the unique facts and circumstances of this Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102871
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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