The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability due to new and material evidence submitted since the October 1998 RO decision. The VA will seek to obtain all relevant medical records, including those from prior to service, to determine if any current headache disability is related to service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that suggests a preexisting headache condition may have been aggravated by service or is otherwise related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- headache
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416222
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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