What is a DBQ Medical Opinion?

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A DBQ medical opinion is a formal VA request for a C&P examiner to provide his/her medical opinion for service connection on the electronic version of the condition specific Disability Benefit Questionnaire (DBQ).

For example, if you filed a VA claim for Headaches secondary to Tinnitus and PTSD, the VA should order a C&P exam for Headaches as a secondary condition using the electronic version of the DBQ for Headaches.

On the electronic DBQ for Headaches, the C&P examiner will be asked to provide a medical opinion for secondary service connection as follows:

Medical opinion for secondary service connection (Headaches secondary to Tinnitus and PTSD)

The claimed condition is at least as likely as not (50% or greater probability) proximately due to or the result of the veteran’s

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