The Board finds that the veteran's current headache disability, claimed as a neurological disorder, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not shown to be related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. Therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: The April 2004 VA examiner opined that the veteran's symptoms are most likely an atypical muscle contraction headache unrelated to his diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache, Neurological Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0604357
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- 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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