The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for migraines and fatigue, concentration loss, and memory loss. This includes obtaining updated VA treatment records, verifying whether the Veteran was administered Pyridostigmine Bromide tablets while in service, scheduling a VA examination(s) with an appropriate examiner(s), and ensuring all issues are properly on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is necessary due to the complexity of the claims and the need for clarification regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions. The Veteran has raised multiple theories of entitlement, including direct service connection, service connection for aggravation of a pre-existing disability, and service connection for certain undiagnosed illnesses under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines, fatigue, concentration loss, memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1047303
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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 claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the AOJ did not obtain all necessary opinions regarding whether the Veteran's symptoms are related to an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI). The claims for service connection for fatigue, fibromyalgia, left elbow disorder, right elbow disorder, and sleep disorder are remanded for further development.
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