The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a psychiatric disability and migraine headaches due to the need for additional VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further examination of the Veteran's current condition and etiology of her claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, migraine headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19123785
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the presumption of soundness at entrance into service.
- Denied
The Board denied higher initial disability ratings for the service-connected psychiatric disability and denied earlier effective dates for TDIU, SMC at the schedular housebound rate, and DEA benefits.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), but denied an earlier effective date for service connection.
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