The Board has denied service connection for a neck disorder and a chronic headache disorder as these conditions are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to the appellant's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the claimed neck and/or chronic headache disorders are related to the appellant's military service, including any period of ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disorder, chronic headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2026
- Citation
- A26010116
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