The Board denied service connection for headaches as a residual of head injury due to lack of evidence of current disability and no link between the in-service head injury and current symptoms.,The Board also denied service connection for a right knee condition, finding that there is no chronicity in service or post-service continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a current headache disorder present since discharge from service. The VA examiner found the veteran's headaches are less likely than not caused by her in-service head injury.,The VA examiner also concluded that there is no chronic right knee condition seen during or after service, and the veteran has worked as a waitress for many years post-service without any reported problems.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches, Right Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0717545
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's OSA is granted as secondary to PTSD, but his headaches are denied due to lack of service connection.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's headaches, which manifested as very frequent and prolonged attacks causing severe economic inadaptability, are granted a 50 percent disability rating for the entire period on appeal.
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