The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left supraorbital neuralgia, finding that it is due to an incident in which he was struck by a hatch on an armored personnel carrier during military service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the Veteran's reported injury and the contemporaneous medical records indicating the injury occurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- supraorbital neuralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2023
- Citation
- 23043988
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