The Veteran's migraine headaches are currently service-connected, but the cervical spine disability and lumbar spine disability have not been established as service-connected.,Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and PTSD) has been granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide a nexus opinion regarding the Veteran's current diagnoses of migraine headaches, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, right shoulder disability, or left shoulder disability. The examination reports are inadequate as they do not consider the Veteran's lay statements and fail to account for his in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1735654
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What this means for you
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