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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0623746
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for involuntary jerking and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a link to service.
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