The Veteran's claims for service connection for posttraumatic migraine headaches and concussion residuals are granted with effective dates of August 19, 1970.
The deciding factor: The AOJ obtained the Veteran's complete service department records after his original claim was denied in February 1971, which led to a reconsideration based on new evidence, resulting in an earlier effective date of August 19, 1970 for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic migraine headaches, concussion residuals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19162339
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Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic migraine headaches and remanded the claim for service connection for a liver condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bruxism and an initial evaluation of 70 percent, but not in excess thereof, from July 15, 2015 to August 20, 2021 for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current cognitive impairments are at least in part related to his in-service TBI, and thus service connection is granted for residuals of a TBI.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issue of an earlier effective date for service connection of posttraumatic migraine headaches.
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