The Board granted a disability rating of 10 percent for the service-connected headache disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, his service-connected headache disability more nearly approximated characteristic prostrating attacks occurring on average once every two months over the last several months.
- Claimed conditions
- acute intermittent tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072147
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)
The Board remands the case to perform an audit of the Veteran's account and ensure he has been paid all due compensation for his service-connected conditions.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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