The Board denied service connection for recurring headaches and a vision disability, finding no credible evidence of current disabilities or medical nexus to the Veteran's in-service head injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was deemed credible and probative due to the full review of the record and complete rationale provided, indicating no medical nexus between the claimed conditions and the in-service head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- recurring headaches, vision disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24003142
What this means for you
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