The Veteran's headache disorder is found to have been incurred during his active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided an opinion linking the Veteran's current headache disorder to his in-service head injury sustained during military service, and this opinion was supported by credible lay evidence from a registered nurse.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1024298
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What this means for you
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