The Veteran's chronic headaches are found to be secondary to his service-connected post-operative residuals bilateral retinal detachments with lattice degeneration, and the Board finds that the evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether this condition is aggravated by his service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic headaches were found to be at least as likely as not aggravated by his service-connected post-operative residuals bilateral retinal detachments with lattice degeneration based on medical opinions and VA treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headaches
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194487
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