The Veteran's initial claim for a compensable disability rating for tension and posttraumatic headaches was denied.,The Veteran's claims for shell fragment wound scars, including scars on the middle lower back (sacrum), left buttock, left inguinal area, and right posterior thigh, as well as residuals of a shell fragment wound to the middle lower back (sacrum) with injury to muscle group XX, were remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not show that the Veteran’s tension and posttraumatic headaches manifest as characteristic prostrating attacks of migraine or non-migraine headache pain.,The VA examination did not address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's shell fragment wound to muscle group XX, nor did it provide a rationale for its findings regarding the Veteran's scars.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension and posttraumatic headaches, Shell fragment wound scars, including scars on the middle lower back (sacrum), left buttock, left inguinal area, and right posterior thigh, Residuals of a shell fragment wound to the middle lower back (sacrum), including injury to muscle group XX
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21004430
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What this means for you
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