The Board denied service connection for common headaches as the evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the post-service diagnosis and service, including due to TERA exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against a finding that the Veteran's common headaches had their onset in service or are otherwise related to service. The Veteran is not service connected for tinnitus, and there is no evidence of a causal relationship between the current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- common headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25054040
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for an initial compensable rating for common headaches was dismissed due to a procedural defect, and the claim for a compensable rating for Covid 19 residuals with loss of the sense of taste/hypogeusia was denied as the Veteran's condition only showed partial loss of taste.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 29, 2024, for the award of increased ratings for cervical strain, right shoulder strain, bilateral pes planus with bilateral metatarsalgia, left knee strain, and common headaches.
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