The veteran's claims for an increased evaluation for cervical headaches and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to provide the requested opinions regarding the severity and frequency of the veteran's cervical headaches, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0829045
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical strain, left shoulder strain, right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, and cervical headaches have been granted. The Board found that the evidence is approximately balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's cervical headaches are rated as 10 percent disabling. The case is REMANDED for a VA examination to determine the severity and frequency of the veteran's cervical headaches, and for readjudication of his TDIU claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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