The veteran's service-connected left parietal depressed skull defect is currently evaluated as 50 percent disabling, and his headaches are separately rated at 10 percent. The Board finds the evidence does not support a higher evaluation for either condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish that the veteran's service-connected left parietal depressed skull defect is manifested by brain hernia or any other condition warranting an increased rating under DC 5296, and his headaches are adequately addressed by the current 10 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- left parietal depressed skull defect, headaches due to trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0318237
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