Secondary conditions
A service-connected condition can cause or aggravate others: sleep apnea from PTSD, migraines from tinnitus, radiculopathy from a back injury. Secondary claims are the most commonly missed compensation on a rating decision. These guides explain the rule, the evidence, and the common pairings condition by condition.
Guides
Guides for this topic are being written. Each one is checked against the statute, VA manual section or form it comes from before it is published.