The veteran's tension headaches and chronic strain of the cervical spine were both denied service connection, but he was granted a noncompensable disability rating for his cervical spine condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established for tension headaches due to lack of evidence linking them to service. The cervical spine condition received a noncompensable rating as there was no evidence of impairment warranting such a rating under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension headaches, Chronic strain of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0620458
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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