The Board has determined that additional evidence was obtained after the most recent statement of the case and a new VA examination is needed due to increased severity of service-connected tension headaches. The claims for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches and TDIU are being remanded.
The deciding factor: Additional relevant evidence was received after the last statement of the case, necessitating consideration of this new information and a new VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches, lumbar strain, bilateral knee disorders, bilateral hip disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18140658
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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 various conditions, including tension headaches, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and a bilateral hearing loss disability. The Board also denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's headache disability.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for service-connected bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for tension headaches, insomnia, and anxiety disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches, alternatively diagnosed as migraine headaches, finding that the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a retrospective medical assessment regarding the severity of the Veteran's headaches without medication to determine if an earlier effective date for a 50 percent disability rating is warranted.
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