The Veteran's service connection claim for headaches, claimed as migraine headaches, is granted. The remaining claims are not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show the Veteran reported chronic headaches since at least 1998 and a VA examiner noted her complaints of sharp pain, photo and sound sensitivity with headaches since 2000. Her service-connected neurosarcoidosis is also associated with headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, neurosarcoidosis, mood disorder not otherwise specified with depressive features, pulmonary sarcoidosis with asthma, fibromyalgia, tendonitis of the left ankle, retropatellar pain syndrome, myxoid degeneration of the medial meniscus of the right knee and of the left knee, human papilloma virus, squamous metaplasia and dysplasia, cervical costochondritis (right wrist), carpal tunnel syndrome (non-dominant) of the left wrist, residuals of fracture, tendonitis, of the left little finger (non-dominant), uveitis, vertigo, allergic rhinitis with sinusitis, Gilbert's syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), bilateral ovarian cysts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1212837
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
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