Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for migraines (headaches) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected insomnia disorder with associated anxiety symptoms due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA examiner did not provide separate findings and rationales regarding both causation and aggravation, making the opinion inadequate for adjudicative purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines (headaches)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106428
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