The Veteran's service connection claim for cephalgia is granted. The Board finds that the Veteran experienced chronic headaches in service and continues to experience them post-service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported experiencing daily, vise-like head pain since approximately early 1992, shortly after separation from service, which was consistent with his military duties. The Board found that this symptomatology had onset in service and has continued post-service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- cephalgia, numbness and tingling in bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1025351
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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.
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