The Board found that the veteran's involuntary jerking, muscle soreness, and stomach soreness did not have a relationship to his service-connected post-traumatic headaches. The condition was determined to be unrelated to any aspect of his military service.
The deciding factor: The onset of the veteran's symptoms occurred many years after service and there was no evidence linking them to his in-service head injury or other service-related factors.
- Claimed conditions
- involuntary jerking, muscle soreness, stomach soreness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0623746
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