The veteran's claim for service connection for muscle tension headaches due to undiagnosed illness was granted with an effective date of October 13, 1992. The case is also remanded for the assignment of an initial disability evaluation covering the period from October 13, 1992, to August 27, 1996.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim was reopened on new evidence and granted with an effective date based on his original claim filed in October 1992.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0010657
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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