The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of vascular headaches is granted. The Board finds new and material evidence has been received, reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran includes a picture indicating he was on a plane struck by lightning in 1969 when he had headaches, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Vascular headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18130328
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