The Board has determined that the veteran's headache disability and reactive hypoglycemia are service-connected, with the headaches being related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided opinions linking the veteran's current conditions (headaches and hypoglycemia) to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache, Hypoglycemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0601420
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no current disability or sufficient evidence to support higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches, sleep apnea, and heart disability are related to service and have assigned a remand for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a headache disability as secondary to his service-connected hypertension or hypertension-related medication, finding that there was no evidence linking the headaches to his hypertension.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability, finding that there is no evidence of chronicity or continuity of symptomatology following service and concluding that his current headaches are less likely than not incurred in service.
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