The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic headaches and depression, as well as an increased rating for her cervical spine injury, require additional development due to the need for a VA examination and updated medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the veteran's service-connected residuals of cervical spine injury and whether she suffers from 'incapacitating episodes' that would affect her disability rating. The veteran also needs an additional VA orthopedic examination to assess her chronic headaches and depression claims.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headaches, chronic depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0618940
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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.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a lack of medical evidence linking his psychiatric disorder, which is believed to be related to his military service, to his suicide.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right hip strain, left and right ankle pain, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability. The claims for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and post traumatic residual pain and cramping of the left lower leg were remanded.
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