Nexus letter
Migraine headaches
Direct claims and migraines secondary to TBI, neck injury, or PTSD.
$895 for this condition · $149 to start
What this claim turns on
Migraine claims depend heavily on documented frequency and on whether the headaches are prostrating — meaning they stop you functioning. That is partly a record-keeping problem, and we will tell you plainly if your file lacks the documentation to support the frequency you describe. On the medical question, migraines following head trauma or a cervical injury have a well-established mechanism, as do those associated with the sleep disruption and medication burden that accompany PTSD.
Commonly claimed as secondary to
If one of these is already service connected, this condition may be claimable as secondary to it. Your intake asks which pathway applies.
Conditions often secondary to this one
If migraines is already service connected for you, these conditions are frequently claimed as flowing from it. Each needs its own opinion.
Records to have ready
Your physician needs these to form an opinion. Gathering them before you start is the single biggest thing you can do to move your case quickly.
- DD-214 or other separation document
- Service treatment records covering your time in service
- Current VA or private treatment records showing a diagnosis
- Any VA rating decision or denial letter you have received
- Neurology records and any headache diary you keep
- Imaging of the head or neck, if you have had any
- Records for the condition you are claiming it is secondary to
Missing something? Start anyway and tell us in the intake. Sometimes a gap changes the approach rather than stopping the claim. How to request your records.