The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to evaluate the veteran's service-connected headache disorder and his claim of secondary service connection for depression. The RO must also ensure compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to incomplete or insufficient evidence, including a lack of current clinical findings regarding the severity of the veteran's service-connected headache disorder and an inadequate medical opinion linking his acquired psychiatric disorder to his service-connected headache disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0126605
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
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