The Board granted a 50% rating for post-traumatic stress disorder with headaches effective from November 23, 1999. The appellant's service-connected PTSD is the primary cause of his headache symptoms and arthritis due to cold injury are not related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the appellant’s chronic headache syndrome was part and parcel of his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder and unrelated to head trauma sustained during combat in World War II. The skin disorder and arthritis were not shown to be incurred or aggravated by service, including a cold injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Headache Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0207627
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