The Board finds that the Veteran's chronic tension headaches had their onset in service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided credible testimony regarding his headache symptoms during active service, which have persisted since then. The medical evidence supports a finding of chronic daily headaches with a history dating back to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Tension Headaches, Low Back Disability (Cervical Radiculopathy), Neck Disability (Cervical Spine), Joint Pain, Disability Manifested by Tingling and Numbness of Both Arms, Both Hands, and Both Feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1230839
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- Partly granted
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