The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a kidney condition, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, gout, and a back condition. The veteran did not meet the basic eligibility requirements for nonservice-connected pension benefits due to his short period of active duty.
The deciding factor: The veteran served less than 90 days during a period of war and was discharged under the Trainee program for non-compliance with training standards, which does not qualify him for permanent and total disability pension based on service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney condition, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, gout, back condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0620674
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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