The Veteran's headaches were found to be related to service, and she is granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records documented both subjective complaints of headaches as well as objective diagnoses dating back to at least July 2005. The Veteran's statements in this regard are credible and supported by the objective findings contained in service treatment and post-service treatment records, resolving all reasonable doubt in her favor.
- Claimed conditions
- vision problems, gastrointestinal disability (stomach pain), bilateral knee disability (knee pain), back disability (chronic back pain), upper and lower extremity numbness, upper and lower extremity muscle weakness, bilateral wrist disability (wrist pain), headaches, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1225863
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims of service connection for cervical spine and skin rash disabilities, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to active military service.
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