The Veteran's service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is found to be the primary cause of his chronic atypical headaches, and thus service connection for such is granted.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's headaches are secondary to his service-connected bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar Spine Disorder, Cervical Spine Disorder, Radiculopathy of the Right Upper Extremity, claimed as secondary to a Cervical Spine Disorder, Radiculopathy of the Left Upper Extremity, claimed as secondary to a Cervical Spine Disorder, Radiculopathy of the Right Lower Extremity, claimed as secondary to a Lumbar Spine Disorder, Radiculopathy of the Left Lower Extremity, claimed as secondary to a Lumbar Spine Disorder, Headaches, to include as Secondary to Lumbar and Cervical Spine Disorders, and/or Service-Connected Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), claimed as a result of Military Sexual Trauma and/or as Secondary to Lumbar and Cervical Spine Disorders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2016
- Citation
- 1640104
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