The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain medical records and schedule him for VA examinations to assess his service-connected disabilities and the etiology of his headache condition.
The deciding factor: The case requires further development due to incomplete medical records and need for clarification on the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's claimed headache disability.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disability, residual scars of the right knee, status post surgery, left foot plantar fasciitis with left heel spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1610041
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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
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