The Veteran's claim for service connection for tension headaches was denied in a May 1969 rating decision. The effective date of the grant of service connection for tension headaches is October 26, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new evidence to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for tension headaches on October 26, 2010, which was later than the date on which entitlement to service connection for tension headaches arose. The correct facts were known at that time and no clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the May 1969 rating decision is established.
- Claimed conditions
- Acne vulgaris (skin disorder), Glomerulonephritis with hypertension (kidney disability), Bilateral cataracts, Diabetes mellitus (diabetes), Erectile dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 30, 2018
- Citation
- 1819122
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- Dismissed
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