Granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches were found to be caused by his service-connected tinnitus based on lay statements and medical literature supporting a link between tinnitus and headache conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108807
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