The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to new evidence showing diagnoses of schizophrenia and depression. The claim for chronic headaches remains denied as there is no current diagnosis or link between any diagnosed condition and military service.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence does not establish a current disability manifested by chronic headaches with a clear link to active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, chronic headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0414143
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 673 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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