The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including a VA examination and obtaining SSA records.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service medical records do not show any complaints or diagnoses of headaches. The current evidence is insufficient to determine if his headache disorder is related to his period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0416763
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a headache disorder before the Board made a decision.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for migraine headaches was granted, while the claim for a left ankle disorder was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury, headache disorder, and lacunar infarcts with microscopic white matter changes.
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