The Board has determined that the Veteran's current head injury with residual headaches are not related to his in-service injury, and thus service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence present to suggest a nexus between the Veteran's head injury disability and his in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury with residual headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2018
- Citation
- 1815236
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and affording the Veteran an opportunity to respond.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a neck disorder and a head injury with residual headaches, finding that these claims are decided on the merits without involving any presumption or new evidence.
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