The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic headache disorder, dizziness, memory loss, and sore joints as they are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: VA examination did not find objective indications of these disabilities in service or currently.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headache disorder, chronic disability manifested by dizziness, chronic disability manifested by memory loss, chronic disability manifested by sore joints
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624864
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for plantar fasciitis, a headache disorder, and a scar status post circumcision as there was no competent evidence to support the claims. The Board also denied a higher rating for the Veteran's back disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an increased rating for the headache disorder and an earlier effective date.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and a chronic headache disorder. The claim of service connection for muscle pain was dismissed as it had already been granted in a previous decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran has a diagnosed chronic headache disorder and whether such is related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected TBI with PTSD.
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