The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of bilateral tibia stress fractures is granted. The appeal seeking a higher evaluation for migraine headaches was dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeal.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology and medical evidence attributing current bilateral tibial stress fractures to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tibial stress fractures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1219279
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to new evidence added since the last decision. The Veteran's hearing request is unclear, and he did not respond to requests for clarification.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded four issues related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including cervical spine and tibial stress fractures. The claims are pending for further development.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a hearing at the RO and further development.
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