The Board has determined that the Veteran's current cervical spine disabilities were aggravated by her service-connected headaches, and therefore grants service connection for residuals of a cervical spine injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran sustained additional cervical spine disability as a result of a fall caused by her service connected headaches. Her service-connected headaches are considered to have aggravated her pre-existing cervical spine disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Disabilities
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1022196
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What this means for you
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