We break down how veterans win claims for secondary conditions and aggravation by using strong medical opinions, baselines, and clear clinical logic. A real case shows how a congenital heart valve, ignored in service, becomes service connected years later with the right evidence.
• What a medical opinion or IMO is and why it matters
• How pes planus can lead to ankle arthritis
• Why sleep apnea often wins as a secondary claim
• Obesity as an intermediate step linking pain to apnea
• Stacking risk factors instead of relying on one cause
• How to service connect injuries from falls
• Aggravation logic, baselines, and rating the increase
• Cognitive impairment claims tied to PTSD and self-medication
• AMA-era pitfalls, forms, and common denial errors
• Using databases to explore viable secondary pathways
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