The Board has determined that the Veteran has a residual scar on the center of his head secondary to a head injury sustained in active service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examination confirmed the presence of a scar on the center of the Veteran's head that is causally related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- scar on the center of the head, chronic headache disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1206664
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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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