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SincityCJ
Hello All,
Here's the background on the claim for fellow GWI vets, and some questions...
I recently received the approval on the first claim for GWI, awarded 30%.
This was an FDC that I filed with assistance of a VSO, so there were likely some errors made in the initial application. (I hadn't found this site yet and have since learned the error of my ways...) But at the end of the day it's a win, with 2 1/2 yrs of retro. No big payday though, as I have to pay back a tidy little sum of SSB from 20 yrs ago.
VERBATIM from the Decision Letter:
"Gulf War undiagnosed illness to include dizziness,short term memory loss, impaired gait, loss of balance and tingling in legs"
I quietly rejoice every time I read that part of the letter as it validates, at least for me, that I was not crazy for the years that I have sought help for these issues. So if you are reading this and you are struggling, it is frustrating but please do not give up!
So here's my questions:
I have the good fortune to receive health care through work so this was all after several years worth of chasing civilian Dr's, diagnosis, ,testing , etc... In the end I had two Neurologists provide the same opinion...undiagnosed neurological condition. One of them broke out the headaches as a separate diagnosis of Migraines. As stated in the title, they denied the contention of Migraines. Considering this
From the Decision Letter:
Service connection for migraines is denied since this condition neither occurred in nor was caused by the service. The evidence does not show an event,disease or injury in service. We did not find a link between your medical condition and military service.
I intend to appeal this decision since headaches are listed as part of GWI, all of the symptoms are related and linked in how they occur. In the process of getting C file, and results from C&Ps that were conducted for these decisions and trying to formulate sound basis for the appeals.
Questions:
Thanks for the advice and help!
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