The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for cluster headaches and granted service connection. The remaining issues of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis, right knee disorder, and low back disorder are being remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the 1977 denial indicates a current disability of cluster headaches, which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cluster headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0809964
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 26, 2018 for the award of a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected cluster headaches.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
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