Partly granted
Service connection for headaches is granted. Other issues, including ratings and service connections for hypertension, SCC, prostate cancer, TBI, and TDIU, are remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and medical evidence documenting functional impairment with treatment for headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, hypertension, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in tongue with neck nodal metastasis, prostate cancer, traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006546
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