The Board granted service connection for recurrent headaches and denied the other issues on appeal. The Veteran's headache disorder is found to be at least as likely as not incurred in service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's long period of active service, with no indication that his current condition is due to a presumption or secondary to another condition.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disorder, throat swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1040181
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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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