The veteran's current head condition, including post-traumatic migraines and chronic tension headaches, is service-connected as it was incurred during his period of active duty.
The deciding factor: A private physician opined that the veteran's post-traumatic headaches and migraines are the result of injury to the supraorbital nerve sustained during an in-service assault.
- Claimed conditions
- head condition, residuals of head injury/concussion, post-traumatic migraines, chronic tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904093
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Decisions by this judge: 499 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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