The Veteran's case is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a personal hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a personal hearing to provide testimony regarding his symptoms and medications.
- Claimed conditions
- cephalgia, posttraumatic head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1006455
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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 a right knee disability, chronic sinusitis, dermatitis, cephalgia, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for right shoulder acromioclavicular joint separation and remanded claims for service connection for various conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, cephalgia, stomach/intestinal condition, respiratory disorder, bilateral hand tremors, and acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD, while denying other claims. The remaining claims were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cephalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic sinusitis, functional abdominal pain syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and restless leg syndrome.
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