The Board granted service connection for post-concussion headaches, finding that the Veteran experienced a minor head injury during combat service and has had symptoms since then.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a continuity of symptomatology from an in-service head injury to current complaints of headaches, and the Veteran is presumed to have entered service in sound condition regarding his head.
- Claimed conditions
- post-concussion headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909132
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and denied a compensable rating for the head scar associated with traumatic brain injury. The claims for increased ratings were remanded due to inadequate examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable evaluation for post-concussion headaches and remanded the issue of service connection for a right wrist condition.
- Dismissed
The appeal for evaluation of post-concussion headaches was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the application.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new examinations are needed to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected post-concussion headaches and left hand strain with thumb residuals, as there is insufficient evidence from previous evaluations.
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