The Board found that the veteran's headaches were not incurred in or aggravated by service and are not proximately due to a service-connected disability. The claim was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence attributing the veteran's headaches to service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0621957
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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