The Veteran's claimed chronic disability of recurrent headaches was not incurred or aggravated during active duty and may not be presumed to have been. The Veteran's service-connected tinnitus did not cause his headaches, so the secondary service connection claim is also denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported occasional headaches at entry into service were not shown to have permanently worsened beyond their normal progression as a result of active duty service and are not considered aggravated by service. Additionally, there is no evidence that recurrent headaches manifested during or within one year after service. The claim for secondary service connection was also denied because the Veteran's tinnitus did not cause his headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1113266
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