Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for migraine was granted with an effective date of July 29, 2021. Service connection for chronic otitis media was denied. The claims for chronic sinusitis and chronic otitis externa were remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision on the effective date for migraine was based on the veteran filing a claim within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine, chronic otitis media, chronic sinusitis, chronic otitis externa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000564
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