Oral contraceptives

Subarachnoid haemorrhage - Oral contraceptives Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 17 December 2003.

Preliminary questions [14109]

14130 [1] there is some evidence that using an oral contraceptive pill may be a factor in the development of the condition under consideration.

1169 — the veteran is a woman. [2]

[1]10980

14132 [3] the veteran used an oral contraceptive pill for a period of at least three weeks immediately before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

14135 — the veteran has established the causal connection between using oral contraceptives and operational service for the clinical onset of subarachnoid haemorrhage.

[4]35790

14137 — the identified illness or injury, for which the veteran was treated with the oral contraceptive pill, is causally related to operational service. [7]