The Board has granted the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a chronic headache disability and finds that there is sufficient evidence to establish a link between his in-service head injury and his current headaches. The effective date of this decision will be determined by the RO.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's consistent complaints of headaches since his in-service fall resulted in a concussion, with symptoms resolving within one week, are considered alongside post-service treatment records showing multiple possible causes for his current headaches but no doubt exists regarding the continuity of symptomatology. The Board finds this grants the issue as clarified and characterized at the hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headache
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1711922
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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