The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and generalized anxiety disorder, and increased the rating for migraine headaches to 50%. The appeal for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's allergic rhinitis is presumptively linked to in-service exposure, his generalized anxiety disorder is related to service stressors, and his migraine headaches are very frequent and productive of severe economic inadaptability. Bilateral hearing loss was dismissed due to untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement.
- Claimed conditions
- allergic rhinitis, generalized anxiety disorder, migraine headaches (50% rating), bilateral hearing loss (dismissed)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107068
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