The appeal is being remanded for additional development to provide a medical examination and/or opinion regarding the veteran's claims of service connection for chronic headache disability and residuals of neck injury.
The deciding factor: A medical examination and/or opinion is deemed necessary as there is current, competent evidence of chronic headaches and a neck disability, along with credible evidence suggesting a possible nexus to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headache disability, residuals of neck injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0811945
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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