The Board has granted service connection for tension headaches, effective from August 26, 2011. The Veteran's claim was based on her service-connected ulceration of the left lateral surface of the internal nose.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced headaches in conjunction with her service-connected ulceration of the left lateral surface of the internal nose.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension headache, Ulceration on the left lateral surface of the internal nose (granulomatous)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24038463
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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