The Veteran's severe headaches are granted service connection.,A separate 10 percent rating is granted for bilateral tinea pedis, effective January 7, 2013.
The deciding factor: Service connection established based on in-service exposure to malaria and associated post-malaria neurologic syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Severe Headaches, Tinea Pedis (Foot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- A19000788
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Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, bilateral wrist and hip disabilities, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo with dizziness and nausea, and severe headaches. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis or finding of these conditions.
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