The Board has reopened the veteran's claim and determined that new evidence supports a finding of service connection for residuals of a head injury, including headaches. The condition is not considered to be directly related to service.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence shows that the veteran currently manifests post-traumatic headaches as a residual of his March 1974 head injury and these are not shown to be causally related to injury or disease in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury including headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0731447
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, including headaches. The decision was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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