The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected maxillary sinusitis and fibromyalgia, but denied service connection for rheumatoid arthritis and deviated nasal septum.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in relative equipoise regarding the Veteran's headache disability being proximately due to her service-connected disabilities. However, there was persuasive evidence against finding that the rheumatoid arthritis or deviated nasal septum were related to service or secondary to any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, rheumatoid arthritis, deviated nasal septum
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25012303
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