The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and the need to obtain outstanding VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran needs a new VA examination as his symptoms may have changed since the last examination, and additional VA treatment records are needed to provide a complete picture of his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- headache syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2015
- Citation
- 1548827
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were granted effective from July 1, 2020.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for headache syndrome, finding that the evidence is in at least approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's headaches have more nearly approximated very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability throughout the period on appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for headache syndrome, as it is caused by the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and related benefits, as no clear and unmistakable error was found in the prior rating decisions and the evidence did not support an earlier effective date.
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