The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for tinnitus. The issue of entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches is also addressed, but a final decision on this matter will be provided after additional development.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence was submitted by the veteran indicating current diagnoses of tinnitus and migraine headaches, which are presumed true in assessing the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0213228
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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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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