The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions on the nature and severity of the Veteran's headache disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because there are issues regarding the cause and aggravation of the Veteran's headaches that require further examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic headache disorder, sinus headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19116421
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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