Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches, but remanded claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a back injury, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches began during active service and continued to the present, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- headache condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), back injury, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011452
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