The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for trigeminal neuralgia, finding that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen his claim. The Board also found that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active military service.
The deciding factor: A June 2010 private physician provided a nexus opinion linking the Veteran's current trigeminal neuralgia to his in-service symptoms of headaches, head injury, and jaw pain.
- Claimed conditions
- trigeminal neuralgia, facial migraines, cluster headaches, myofascial pain to the right leg and hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1110208
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for skull injury/traumatic brain injury and trigeminal neuralgia, finding that there is no current disability related to active service.
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