The Board found that the veteran's current headache disorder is not related to his in-service head injury and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence does not support a conclusion that the veteran's current headache disorder is related to an in-service head injury or any other incident of his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0840952
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and effective dates has been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating for PTSD, allergic rhinitis, hypertension, GERD with IBS, or headaches. Effective dates were also denied for various claims.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims of service connection for TBI and other stressor-related disorder were dismissed due to concurrent elections.,Claims for increased ratings for laceration of the forehead, left ear hearing loss, headache syndrome, right ear hearing loss, hypothyroidism (Grave's Disease), bilateral knee conditions, and vision disorder were dismissed as untimely.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected headache syndrome is now rated at 50 percent effective March 12, 2020, for very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected headache syndrome was manifested by very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability from October 19, 2011, to February 19, 2015. An initial rating of 50 percent has been granted for this period.
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