The Board has granted service connection for a residual scar from a gunshot wound to the left temple, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury. The claim for recurrent headaches remains pending and will be addressed in a separate remand.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on credible lay evidence of an in-service injury and current residual scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a gunshot wound to the left temple, Recurrent headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0721054
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