The Board granted service connection for residuals of a head injury with post concussion headaches effective February 28, 1994. The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's statements regarding his in-service head injury and subsequent headaches were credible enough to reopen the claim and grant service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Concussion Headaches, Migraine Headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0214681
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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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