The Veteran's claim for bilateral knee condition secondary to a low back disability is denied.,Service connection for sleep condition secondary to low back disability is denied. The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a sleep disorder.,Cervicogenic headaches are found less likely than not caused or aggravated by service-connected tinnitus.,The Veteran's bilateral hip condition is remanded as there are no STRs from Germany available for review.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence that the Veteran's bilateral knee disability was proximately caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability, specifically his low back disability.,No current diagnosis of sleep disorder has been established in the record. The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a sleep disorder and there are no functional impairments resulting from any diagnosed condition.,The VA examiner found that the Veteran's cervicogenic headaches were less likely than not caused or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.,There are no STRs available for review as the Veteran did not serve in Germany, and the records have not been obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee condition, sleep condition, cervicogenic headaches, bilateral hip condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2022
- Citation
- A22020447
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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