The Veteran's headaches are found to be related to his service-connected cervical myelopathy, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The March 2013 VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's headaches were aggravated by his service-connected cervical myelopathy, which was requested in the Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMR).
- Claimed conditions
- Headache disability, Cervical myelopathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1531667
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